A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
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They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
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To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
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Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.
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