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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

A man that runs away may fight again.

Art is man's refuge from adversity.

At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.

Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.

Conscience is a God to all mortals.

Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.

Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.

Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature's way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.

In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others.

It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.

Silence is often advantageous.

Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

The good man makes others good.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

There is but one genuine love potion - consideration.

There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

The workman still is greater than his work.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Whom the gods love dies young.

Why should he who is scared be careful?

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