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Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
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Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.
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It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.
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It is vain to look for a defense against lightning.
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Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
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Being excessively clever is foolish when teaching the ignorant.
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Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.
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No one knows what he can do till he tries.
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Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
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The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
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You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.
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The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.
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Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
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We may with advantage at times forget what we know.
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Bitter for a free man is the bondage of debt.
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There is no penalty attached to a lover's oath.
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A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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We should provide in peace what we need in war.
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Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.
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It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.
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Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as what it has not.
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Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
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Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
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He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
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Publilius Syrus was a Latin writer of sententiae. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him.
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