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" You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back. "

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" If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him. "

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" If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. "

" We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. "

" Words will not fail when the matter is well considered. "

" The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. "

" I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well. "

" The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. "

" Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. "

" No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers. "

" O imitators, you slavish herd! "

" Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings. "

" Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least. "

" Life is largely a matter of expectation. "

" Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. "

" Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. "

" I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me. "

" The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. "

" It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while. "

" A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them. "

" Anger is a short madness. "

" It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement. "

" He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin. "

" We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others. "

" Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not. "

" The man is either mad, or he is making verses. "

" Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance. "

" He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. "

" Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious. "