War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory, and good fortune.

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Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.

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There is nothing exempt from the peril of mutation; the earth, heavens, and whole world is thereunto subject.

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The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this -- the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.

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Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all.

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