The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.
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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
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If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
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I swear I would rather be wrong with Plato than see the truth with men like these.
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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
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