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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.

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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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Body Empty Mindset See Soul Wisdom
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Hurry Wasted
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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Beautiful Company Girl Ignorance Man Wasted Wisdom
Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
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Creation Essence Human Pain Soul Sympathy Uncomfortable Yourself
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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Advice Deep Prison Tree Virtue
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Bold Encouragement Shy
A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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Judgement Men Silence Talk Virtue Wisdom
I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Fear God Himself
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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Forgiveness Generosity God People
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Adversity Hard Time Men Prosperity Worth
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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Deep Happiness Rose Sorrow Togetherness Wisdom
A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
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Care Destroy Friendship Life Moments
Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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Fear Hands Himself Jewel Thinking
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Beautiful End Equality Joy Sorrow Time
If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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Gold Pieces Worth
He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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Escape Fruit Himself Live

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