"With patience bear what pains you have deserved, Grieve, if you will, over what's unmerited."
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"Beneath the sun's rays our shadow is our comrade; When clouds obscure the sun our shadow flees. So Fortune's smiles the fickle crowd pursues, But swift is gone whenever she veils her face."
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"Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come."
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"Love is a credulous thing."
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"Tis base to plead the unhappy prisoner's cause, With eloquence that's bought."
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"See that you promise: what harm is there in promise? In promises anyone can be rich."
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"Death is not grievous to me, for I shall lay aside my pains by death. [Lat., Nec mihi mors gravis est posituro morte dolores.]"
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"The love of fame puts spurs to the mind"
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"The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror."
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"There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose."
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