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“Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.”
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“There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.”
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“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.”
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“You will go most safely in the middle.”
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“Time, the devourer of all things.”
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“It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.”
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“Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.”
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“Venus favors the bold.”
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“Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.”
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“Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.”
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“I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement”
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“The burden which is well borne becomes light.”
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“How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.”
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“Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.”
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“Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.”
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“An evil life is a kind of death.”
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“We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.”
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“Time is generally the best doctor.”
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“In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.”
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“Bear patiently with a rival.”
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“Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.”
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“Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with.”
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“Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.”
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“A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.”
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“In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.”
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“If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.”
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“The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.”
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“Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.”
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“Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.”
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“Make the workmanship surpass the materials.”
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