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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Alone Bad Day Man Reveal Time
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Born Kindness One Liner
Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Cure Day Future Mindset
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Kindness Price Return Yourself
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Fools Happiness Himself Man Talk Thinking
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Nature Noble Speech Stain
The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Cherish Myself Strength Truth
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Good Help Man Misfortune Task
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Act Fear Feeling Man Word
Always desire to learn something useful.
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Desire Knowledge Learning
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Action Fancy Knowledge Test Trial Yourself
Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Count Death Empty Happiness Hope Live Man Myself Worth
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Advice One Liner Talk Wisdom
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Friendship Love Myself Word
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Darkness Destiny Escape Power Wealth
The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Happiest Joy Thinking

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