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A doctor is nothing more than consolation for the spirit.

A huge dog, tied by a chain, was painted on the wall and over it was written in capital letters 'Beware of the dog.'

A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.

Everyone will find what he's looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.

He has gone over to the majority.

He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed.

I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.

Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.

Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.

The world wants to be deceived.

The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.

Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.

Women are one and all a set of vultures.

After all, I was once like you are, but being the right sort I got where I am.

Every man shall find his own desire; there is no one thing which pleases all: one man gathers thorns and another roses.

It's the old headpiece that makes a man, the rest is all rubbish.

So the starry sky turns round like a millstone, always bringing some trouble, and men being born or dying.