No one longs to live more than someone growing old.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good
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The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach
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