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1 " The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome. "
― , The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
2 " Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself. "
3 " A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them. "
4 " He who violates another's honor loses his own. "
5 " Any land is your country where you can live happy. "
6 " We should keep our word even to the undeserving. "
7 " There is no sight in the eye, when the mind does not gaze. "
8 " When angry, a man has deserted his body. "
9 " The fear of death is more to be feared, than death itself. "
10 " To be always giving, is to encourage a forcible taking when you refuse to give. "
11 " Lovers know what they want, but not what they need. "
12 " The wretched reflect either too much or too little. "
13 " Happy he who died when death was desirable. "
14 " It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are. "
15 " It is the soul, not the body, that makes an enduring marriage. "
16 " Seek to please many, and you seek a failure. "
17 " Time, not the Will, can put an end to love. "
18 " It is hard to recover the lost opportunity. "
19 " No man is happy that does not think himself so. "
20 " To submit to necessity involves no disgrace. "