"There is a certain pleasure in weeping; grief finds in tears both a satisfaction and a cure."
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"Love fed fat soon turns to boredom."
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"Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot."
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"Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity, Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, Weary bodies refresh and mollify."
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"We can learn even from our enemies."
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"The man who falls in love chill find plenty of occupation."
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"Love that is fed by jealousy dies hard."
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"People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude."
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"When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars."
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"The vulgar herd estimate friendship by its advantages. [Lat., Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat.]"
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"You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must. [Lat., Male vincetis, sed vincite.]"
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"He lives well who lives retired, and keeps His wants within the limits of his means."
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"Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward."
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"Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]"
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"Those gifts are ever more precious which the giver has made precious."
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"Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both."
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"All love is vanquished by a succeeding love."
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"How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand"
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"He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways."
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"An injury may prove a blessing."
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