If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men’s troubles and that will comfort you.

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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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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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Hairs White Wisdom
Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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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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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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