The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
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The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
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I am constant as the northern star.
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I must be cruel only to be kind; thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
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Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
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It is a wise father that knows his own child.
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I will praise any man that will praise me.
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There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently.
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Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.
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