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70 quotes (Page 1 of 3 pages)'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
Silence
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
Competition
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
Honesty
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
Leaders and Leadership
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A short absence is the safest.
Absence
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Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more.
Wealth
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Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.
Opportunity
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An evil life is a kind of death.
Death and Dying
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As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
Friends and Friendship
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
Sorrow
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Bear patiently with a rival.
Enemies
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
Night
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
Courage
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
Risk
Ovid
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
Perseverance
Ovid
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Envy aims very high.
Envy
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Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.
Envy
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Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
Promises
Ovid
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Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.
Guilt
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
Courage
Ovid
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Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.
Gifts
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Habits change into character.
Habit
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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
Risk
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
Children
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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
Achievement
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun