No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our…

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Love fed fat soon turns to boredom

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.

You will go most safely in the middle.

You will go most safely in the middle.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will...

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will...

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens...

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens...

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.

Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not...

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not...

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has...

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has...

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens...

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens...

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though...

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though...

Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same...

Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same...

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.