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Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver makes precious. [Lat., Acceptissima semper munera sunt auctor quae pretiosa facit.]

A gift in time of need is most acceptable.

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Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor.

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I attempt an arduous task but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement

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Aristotle

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

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According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.

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To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.

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An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.

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There will grow from straws a mighty heap.

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I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.

Nothing retains its form; new shapes from old. Nature, the great inventor, ceaselessly contrives. In all creation, be assured, there is no death - no death, but only change and innovation; what we men call birth is but a different new beginning; death is but to cease to be the same. Perhaps this may have moved to that, and that to this, yet still the sum of things remains the same.

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Even the gods are moved by the voice of entreaty.

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Everyone is desirous of his own pursuits, and loves To spend his time in his accustomed art.

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By arts, sails, and oars, ships are rapidly moved; arts move the light chariot, and establish love. [Lat., Arte citae veloque rates remoque moventur; Arte levis currus, arte regendus Amor.]

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All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.

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The dove, O hawk, that has once been wounded by thy talons, is frightened by the least movement of a wing. [Lat., Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis.]

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