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Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
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Ambition Inspiration Looks
The way to rise is to obey and please.
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Please Success Way
Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.
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Law Men Mind Order Sense
You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.
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Art Fighting Winning
Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
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Leadership May Men
Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.
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Affliction Person Prayer Wicked
Where it concerns himself, Who’s angry at a slander, makes it true.
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Angry Concern Slander
Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
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Frail Memories Mind
Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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Book Faithful May
Our whole life is like a play.
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Life Play Whole
It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
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Done Noble Person Wrong
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
BEN JONSON

Food Romantic Wine
Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
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Court Deny Mistress
Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
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Sight Swans Sweet
Chance will not do the work. Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us tow’rds the port May dash us on the shoals. The steersman’s part Is vigilance, or blow it rough or smooth.
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Blow Slumber Wind
Man and wife make one fool.
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Marriage Men Wife

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