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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Death is not the worst; rather, in vain To wish for death, and not to compass it.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
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The end excuses any evil.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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