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From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
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Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.
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One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.
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Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
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The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
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Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.
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Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.
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How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
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A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
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It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.
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Never promise more than you can perform.
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I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
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One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
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Equanimity is calamity's medicine.
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You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.
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Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.
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An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
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A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
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Many receive advice, few profit by it.
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Some remedies are worse than the disease.
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The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
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A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.
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A guilty conscience never feels secure.
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The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
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If life is merely a joke, the question still remains: for whose amusement?
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
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A rolling stone can gather no moss.
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Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
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No one reaches a high position without daring.
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You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
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Death laughs when old women frolic.
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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
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It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.
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The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others.
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A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
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Debt is the slavery of the free.
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Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it. -David Richo A rolling stone can gather no moss
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Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
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Pain forces even the innocent to lie.
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Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief
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Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.
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A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.
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Practice is the best of all instructors.
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It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
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Yesterday should be the teacher of today.
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Any one can hold the helm when the seas are calm.
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Apathy borders upon folly.
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Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.
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Each day is the scholar of yesterday.
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The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
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