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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

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It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

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He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure.

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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

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Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.

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Better late than never.

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As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

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It is better to learn late than never.

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

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