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| Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace. |
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| Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year? |
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| Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them? |
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| Wisdom at times is found in folly |
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| Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. |
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| With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die. |
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| Words will not fail when the matter is well considered. |
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| You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart. |
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| You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she will always hurry back. |
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| You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers. |
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| You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all. |
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| You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform. |
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| You [the people] are a many-headed beast. |
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| Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's house is ablaze |
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| Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person. |
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