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Publilius Syrus
Ancient Rome
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On Necessity:
Necessity knows no law except to conquer
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On Avarice:
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything
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On Work:
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently
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On Patience:
Patience provoked often turns to fury
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On Conquest:
You will conquer more surely by prudence than by passion
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On War:
We should provide in peace what we need in war
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On Desire:
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have
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On Interest:
We are interested in others when they are interested in us
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On Favour:
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom
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On Moderation:
The too constant use even of good things is hurtful
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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