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Kindness begets kindness evermore.

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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Labor Prosperity
God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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God Injury Punishment Return
They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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God Himself Love Rule Stand Wisdom
Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Conquer Evil Ignorance Tough
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
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Doctor Medicine Need Wisdom
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 some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Forget Happiness Misery Present
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
Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Heart Spirit Thinking Wisdom Word
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Inscription Myself Promise Water Woman
Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Attraction Kindness One Liner
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Man Profit Terrible Wisdom
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Act Fear Feeling Man Word
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man
What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Fake Friendship Greatness Wound

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