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Abstain from beans. - advice against political voting, which was done by means of beans [Politics] Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance. - [Anger] Be silent, or say something better than silence. - [Silence] Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few. - [Brevity] Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. - [Friends] I was at Euphorbus at the siege of Troy. - [Evolution] If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, then heat; if height, depth also; if solid, then fluid; hardness and softness, roughness and smoothness, calm and tempest, prosperity and adversity, life and death. - [Contrast] In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on. - [Industry] Let exercise alternate with rest. - [Exercise] Wisdom thoroughly learned will never be forgotten. - [Wisdom] Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be. Custom will render it easy and agreeable. - Ethical Sentences from Stoboeus [Custom] In all thou dost first let thy Prayers ascend, And to the Gods thy Labours first commend, From them implore Success, and hope a prosperous End. - Golden Verses (l. 49) [Prayer]
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