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Beyond the sphere that widest orbit swings, passes the sigh that leaves my heart below.

Francesco Petrarca

Think before you act.

Cultura popular

Fortune favors the brave.

Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) / Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder)

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Popular culture

Know thyself.

Ancient Greek maxim (associated with Socrates and Plato)

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Alexander Pope

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

Aesop

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero