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“אנו תמיד שואפים למה שאסור ומשוועים למה שנמנע מאיתנו.”
“מה רע בהבטחות? כל אחד יכול להיות עשיר בהן.”
“הסיבה נסתרת. התוצאה נראית לעין כול.”
“Beauty is a fragile gift.”
“It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.”
“All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.”
“Make the workmanship surpass the materials.”
“He who says o'er much I love not is in love.”
“Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.”
“In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.”
“Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.”
“There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.”
“He who can believe himself well, will be well.”
“Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.”
“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.”
“Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.”
“Time is the devourer of all things.”
“I got nervous at bulls and eagles,Trying to figure what shape Zeus might take f”
“Love is a kind of warfare.”
“All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.”