A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
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A giant will keep his size even though he will have stood in a well. Colossus magnitudinem suam servabit etiam si steterit in puteo.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Whom they have injured they also hate. Quos lserunt et oderunt.
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If you wished to be loved, love.
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