No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.

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Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.

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Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men.

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Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?

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Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.

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Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.

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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.

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By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.

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