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

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When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace

In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace

When trouble ends even troubles please.

When trouble ends even troubles please.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

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

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

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

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...

God's dice always have a lucky roll

God's dice always have a lucky roll

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at...

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at...

Being generous, just helping ones relatives and being blameless in ones actions; this is the...

Being generous, just helping ones relatives and being blameless in ones actions; this is the...