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A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.

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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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Misfortune Wise
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
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Adversity Friendship Sincere Test
Facts speak plainer than words.
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Fact One Liner Speak
All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
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Acquire Concern Lack Lose Men Recover
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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Anxiety Eat Peace
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
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Certain Doubt Enemy Friendship Man Meet Worse
You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.
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Despicable Enemy Injury Notice Yourself
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Hang Humour Office Petty Public Thief
Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
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Character Chew Secret Shallow Special Truth Value
Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave.
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Guest Humour Invitation Leaving Welcome
There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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Fairy Tale Goodness Human
I can’t be friends with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath.
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Blow Breath Cold Friendship Hot Man Mask
A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.
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Friendship Help Look Man Time
No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
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Argument Convince Courage Coward Giving Matter
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
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Bad Fire Master Passion Servant Water
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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Destruction Enemy Giving Human Nature

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