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/ page 1056 of 1205 /I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.
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Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.
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Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.
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Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
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Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.
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No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
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Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
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By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.
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Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.
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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
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Love can be put off, never abandoned.
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Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men.
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I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.
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That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
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Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.
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He that hath no cross deserves no crown.
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Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'
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The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
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It is the lot of man but once to die.
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