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Every old poem is sacred.

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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

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He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

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Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. Wisdom

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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

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We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

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We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

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The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

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The pen is the tongue of the mind.

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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 measure in all things.

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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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Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

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Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.(When I labor to be brief, I become obscure.)

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Whatever your advice, make it brief.

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Don't think, just do.

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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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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

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Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

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