"If you would be loved, be lovable."
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"God himself helps those who dare."
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"Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them."
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"Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward."
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"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence."
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"Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you."
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"Fortune resists half-hearted prayers."
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"Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you."
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"Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place."
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"Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these."
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"Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by."
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"At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time."
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"You will go most safely in the middle."
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"Tears at times have the weight of speech."
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"Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour."
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"Little things please little minds."
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"Love is a credulous thing."
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"Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low."
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"A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace."
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"Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love."
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"What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please."
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"It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes."
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"Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul."
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"It's right to learn, even from the enemy."
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"Anything cracked will shatter at a touch."
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