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

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Bear patiently with a rival.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Endure and persist, this pain will turn good by and by.

Endure and persist, this pain will turn good by and by.

There is a god within us.

There is a god within us.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

Delay is a great procuress

Delay is a great procuress

Art lies by its own artifice.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

You will go most safely in the middle.

You will go most safely in the middle.

Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.

Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.

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.

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

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...

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and...

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and...

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has...

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has...

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

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

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

The sad events that occur in my life are the sad events that happen to...

The sad events that occur in my life are the sad events that happen to...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four...