The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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