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I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there's no truth.

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It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.

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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

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Ah me! Love can not be cured by herbs.

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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.

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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.

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You will go most safely in the middle.

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The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

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Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

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What is without periods of rest will not endure.

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Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.

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An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.

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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

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Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

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The gods behold all righteous actions.

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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.

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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.

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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.

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Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

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