"Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest."
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"Convention is the ruler of all."
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"Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness."
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"Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind."
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"Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light."
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"Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?"
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"One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath."
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"Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving."
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"Even success softens not the heart of the envious."
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"Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes."
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"I will be small in small things, great among great."
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"Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity"
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"Man's pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly."
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"Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God."
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"War is sweet to those who never tried it."
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"Even genius is tied to profit."
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"War is sweet to them that know it not."
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"The noblest of the elements is water"
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"The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses."
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"Sweet is war to those who know it not."
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