Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.
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Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.
Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.
The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.
Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
Evil men by their own nature cannot ever prosper.
Many a maiden,_x000D_ With white feet glancing light as air, _x000D_ Made happy music through the gloom.
A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
Venus, thy eternal sway_x000D_ _x000D_ All the race of men obey._x000D_ _x000D_ Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis._x000D_ _x000D_ He is not a lover who does not love for ever.
A man who has been in danger,_x000D_ _x000D_ When he comes out of it forgets his fears,_x000D_ _x000D_ And sometimes he forgets his promises.
All is change; all yields its place and goes.
There is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness.
He who believes needs no explanation.
When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.
tell me how does it feel with my teeth in your heart!
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
courage is the gift of character
In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
That mortal is a fool who, prospering, thinks his life has any strong foundation; since our fortune's course of action is the reeling way a madman takes, and no one person is ever happy all the time.
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