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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
A great mind becomes a great fortune.
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano!
To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.
The sinews of war are infinite money.
The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
Every guilty person is his own hangman.
The word of man is the most durable of all material.
The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
He enters the port with a full sail.
A great cause of the night is lack of the sun.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
In war there is no prize for runner-up.
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.
Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
None but himself can be his parallel.
Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
There's a snake lurking in the grass.
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
Their rage supplies them with weapons.
To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
Virtue is nothing else than right reason
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
I shall assume that your silence gives consent.
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
Age steals away all things, even the mind.