He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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