A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

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It is best to live however one can be.

It is best to live however one can be.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

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.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Despair often breeds disease.

Despair often breeds disease.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

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...

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

....A simple I love you means more than money....

....A simple I love you means more than money....