"We are charmed by neatness: Let not your hair be out of order. [Lat., Munditiis capimur: non sine lege capilli.]"
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"Sleep, thou repose of all things; sleep, thou gentlest of the deities; thou peace of the mind, from which care flies; who doest soothe the hearts of men wearied with the toils of the day, and refittest them for labor."
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"Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear."
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"I flee who chases me and chase who flees me."
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"Change is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish."
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"A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end."
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"As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows, Always, for ever and new. What was before Is left behind; what never was is now; And every passing moment is renewed."
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"Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves."
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"To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep."
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"This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]"
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"Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless."
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"Writings survive the years; it is by writings that you know Agamemnon, and those who fought for or against him. [Lat., Scripta ferunt annos; scriptis Agamemnona nosti, Et quisquis contra vel simul arma tulit.]"
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"Beauty is a frail good."
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"Misfortunes often sharpen the genius."
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"The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness."
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"At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time."
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"The brave find a home in every land."
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"Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way."
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"When a rose dies, a thorn is left behind."
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"Happy the man who can count his sufferings."
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