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/ page 1119 of 1205 /It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
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To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
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God's dice always have a lucky roll.
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There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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There is a time when even justice brings harm.
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You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
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If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.
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They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all others are but vanity.
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It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.
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A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.
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Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.
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I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
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