"To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound."
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"No one longs to live more than someone growing old."
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"And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly."
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"Love is like ice in the hands of children."
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"Man's highest blessedness, In wisdom chiefly stands; And in the things that touch upon the Gods, 'Tis best in word or deed To shun unholy pride; Great words of boasting bring great punishments, And so to grey-haired age Teach wisdom at the last."
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"It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense."
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"Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him."
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"The end excuses any evil."
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"Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth."
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"It is best not to have been born at all: but, if born, as quickly as possible to return whence one came."
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"No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought; henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne'er have seen; now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know."
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"It is God's giving if we laugh or weep."
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"Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day."
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"Even the stout of heart shrink when they see the approach of death."
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"To the man who is afraid everything rustles."
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"Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow."
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"If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too."
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"There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise."
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"There is no happiness where there is no wisdom."
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"Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it."
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