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Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.
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There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
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I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
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To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
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For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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