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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.
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