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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a…
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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what…
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
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Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care…
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It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head.
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Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
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A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Jokes aside, let us turn to serious matters.
— Horace
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Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
— Cato the Elder
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We Persians have a saying that one should deliberate serious matters first drunk, then sober.
— Mary Renault
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Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom…
— Socrates
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When curiosity turns to serious matters, it's called research.
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
— Philip K. Dick
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Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom…
— Paulo Coelho
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Well met, Mistress Lirael. This ragamuffin, as your servant so aptly described him, is His Highness Prince Sameth, the Abhorsen-in-Waiting. Hence the…
— Garth Nix
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I must not step into too spruce a style for serious matters; and yet I approve not the dull insipid way of…
— Robert Boyle
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