Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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A liar must have a good memory. Mendacem oportet esse memorem.
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