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Knowledge must come through action.

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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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God Himself Life Live
It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Hope Kind Maintain Man
The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Cherish Myself Strength Truth
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Fortune Hard Work Lazy
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Agreement Cheating Justice Treat
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Day Kind Type Yourself
I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Desire Myself Reality Suffering
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Mindset Peace War
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Good Help Man Misfortune Task
Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Alone Believe Empty Maintain Man Right Talk Thinking Yourself
A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Learning Man Mindset Shame Thinking Wisdom
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Call Cry Milk Past Proverb
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Friendship Himself Life Throw
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Aware Dangerous Live Trouble Watch Yourself

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