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Young men’s minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

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Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
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Fools Hit Learning One Liner
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
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Empty One Liner Unsaid Wind
No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man’s hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born.
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Born Brave Come Coward Escape Hurry Man Time
Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism.
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Knowledge Result
If you serve too many masters, you’ll soon suffer.
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Inspirational Master Serve Suffering
Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.
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Bed Each Other Faith Love Sword Togetherness Trust
Immortals are never alien to one another.
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Alien Immortal One Liner
Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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Action Applause Chance General Receive Shine Success
The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return.
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Hear Karma Man
Too many kings can ruin an army.
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Army Business King Leadership One Liner Ruin
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
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Heart Worst
Light is the task where many share the toil.
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Light One Liner Share Task Team Work
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
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Beauty One Liner Rare Wisdom Youth
A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly.
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Forget Guest Host Kind Treatment
It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.
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Blame Children Expect Father
He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
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Human Nature Lie Truth

Young men’s minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

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