Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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