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The Unseasonable man is one who will go up to a busy person, and open his heart to him. He will serenade his mistress when she has a fever. He will address himself to a man who has been cast in a surety-suit, and request him to become his security. He will come to give evidence when the trial is over.

— Theophrastus

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Remember that life holds out many pleasing deceits to us by the vanity of glory; for that when we are beginning to live, then we are dying. There is, therefore, nothing more profitless than ambition.

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.

When we are beginning to live, then we are dying. There is, therefore, nothing more profitless than ambition.

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