He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
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He has half the deed done who has made a beginning
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The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.
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As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it.
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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
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A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
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Whatever advice you give, be short.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.
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Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
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I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head.
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The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
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Anger is a brief lunacy.
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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
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Anger is short madness
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My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.
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A picture is a poem without words.
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Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
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Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.
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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.
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The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.
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We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.
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Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.
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I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.
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He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.
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When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
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How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!
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If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
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He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.
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What fugitive from his country can also escape from himself.
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Life is largely a matter of expectation.
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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
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While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
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Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
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Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
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If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
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We are free to yield to truth.
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Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.
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Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
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He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.
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Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
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To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
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The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.
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You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily than seriousness.
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In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
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Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
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He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.
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I teach that all men are mad.
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He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
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Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
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He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
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Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
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Remember, when life's path is steep, to keep your mind even.
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He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
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Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person
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Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?
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You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
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Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's house is in flames.
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It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
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Let us my friends snatch our opportunity form the passing day.
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Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
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It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.
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Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
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The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
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No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.
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Every old poem is sacred.
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Poets wish to profit or to please.
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No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
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One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.
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How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of which he has chosen or which chance has thrown his way, but praises those who follow a different course?
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Believe that each day that shines on you is your last.
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Seize the day.
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Tear thyself from delay.
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Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.
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The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.
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There is nothing assured to mortals.
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This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.
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Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom.
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If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine.
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When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
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If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
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Those that are little, little things suit.
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Make a good use of the present.
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He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow.
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They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea.
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A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
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The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
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It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
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Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
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Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.
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A word once uttered can never be recalled.
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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
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Labor diligently to increase your property.
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You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.
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You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.
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The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.
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One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.
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Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
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Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years.
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Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.
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