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Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.


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Fairly examined, truly understood, No man is wholly bad, nor wholly good.

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Boy, you're like a horse. Just now sated with seed, You've come back to my stable, Yearning for a good rider, fine meadow, An icy spring, shady groves.



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Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.



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He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.



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Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.



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The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.



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Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.



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Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.



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Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins !



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