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There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.

William Shakespeare

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Plutarch

"Through me the way is to the city of woe, through me the way is to eternal pain, through me the way among the lost people."

Dante Alighieri

There the dreadful Erichtho writhed, who summoned back the shadows to their bodies.

Dante Alighieri

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Popular culture

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Aesop

With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Joey Adams, Plautus (attribution varies)

Success comes to those who prepare.

Rutger Hauer

Rarely falls who walks well.

Popular culture

Human life on Earth is a pilgrimage. We all are aware of being transient in the world.

Popular culture