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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

Evil gains work their punishment.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead...

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead...

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have...

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

A human being is only breath and shadow.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No lie ever reaches old age.

No lie ever reaches old age.