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He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.

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And when long years and seasons wheeling brought around that point of time ordained for him to make his passage homeward, trials and dangers, even so,...more

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Man is the vainest of allcreatures that have their being upon earth. As long as heavenvouchsafes him health and strength, he thinks that he shall come...more

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To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

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There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting...more

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What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and regard us as the source of their troubles, when it is their own wickedness that bring...more

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But they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his parents, and however splendid a home he ...more

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but sing no more this bitter tale that wears my heart away