Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
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Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
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Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
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