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He is foolish to blame the sea that is shipwrecked twice.

No pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it.

You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable.

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.

The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.

In quarreling, the truth is always lost.

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.

A woman either loves or hates; she knows no medium.

Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.

Solitude is the mother of anxieties.

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