"Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all."
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"Woman, to women silence is the best ornament."
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"All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it."
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"Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial."
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"It is hope that maintains most of mankind."
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"A mind at peace does not engender wars."
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"Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing."
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"The golden eye of justice sees, and requites the unjust man."
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"There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries."
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"Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution."
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"Nobody likes the bringer of bad news."
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"We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead."
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"What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?"
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"Thou shalt not ration justice."
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"Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?"
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"Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another."
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"To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires."
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"God's dice always have a lucky roll."
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"Evil gains work their punishment."
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"If you are out of trouble, watch for danger."
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