There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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Known Man Refuge Smile
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Hairs White Wisdom
Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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Courage Endurance God Life
Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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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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Better Knowledge Known
No just person ever became quickly rich.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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