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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Dangerous Evidence Fake Reason
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Administration Fear Law Man Obedience People Stand State
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Failure Fake Success
I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Desire Myself Reality Suffering
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
Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Lying Sweet Unknown
What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Command Enforcement Yourself
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Circumstance Important Pregnant
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Nature Noble Speech Stain
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Afraid Person Rustle
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Advice Bad Hate
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Depend Happiness Way Wisdom
Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Action Teaching Ugly
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Excellence Hands Man Opinion Pervert
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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Help Luck Need Oneself

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