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The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.
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It will make far less impression on the mind if you say Fleeting and brief is the life of man than if you quote the proverb Man is but a bubble.
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For what is life but a play in which everyone acts a part until the curtain comes down?
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A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist.
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No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.
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October 28, 1466
Died:
July 12, 1536
(aged 69)
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