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The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy ...
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one cam...
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the w...
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death—what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless who is cheered...
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As many as are involved in misery of their own choosing, such as you, for them there is no forgiveness nor pity.
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Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.
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Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him...
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The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown.
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