Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESHow will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
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The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
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Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.
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Other men’s pains are easily borne.
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They who lose today may win tomorrow.
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Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
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Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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Comparisons are odious.
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
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The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.
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One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.
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Where envy reigns virtue can’t exist, and generosity doesn’t go with meanness.
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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