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/ page 1113 of 1205 /For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
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No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.
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Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
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To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
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I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
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Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.
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Evil counsel travels fast.
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Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
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If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.
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It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.
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