A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.
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Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
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For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
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