"If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink."
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"Gentle time will heal our sorrows."
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"Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor! Even the pure immortals cannot escape you, And mortal man, in his one day's dusk, Trembles before your glory."
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"For most men friendship is a faithless harbor."
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"For God hates utterly the bray of bragging tongues."
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"Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice."
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"Stranger in a strange country."
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"The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter."
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"A man growing old becomes a child again."
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"Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?"
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"I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect."
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"A fearful man is always hearing things."
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"Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor."
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"Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver."
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"For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price."
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"How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time."
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"Nobody likes the man who brings bad news."
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"Silence gives the proper grace to women"
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"What you can't enforce, do not command."
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"How dangerous can false reasoning prove!"
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