Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESGood actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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Give the devil his due.
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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
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Every man is the son of his own works.
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Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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Comparisons are odious.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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Seek for good, but expect evil.
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Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune’s spite; revive from ashes and rise.
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God exalts the man who humbles himself.
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A stout heart breaks bad luck.
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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.
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Tell me what company thou keepest and I’ll tell thee what thou art.
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Virtue is the truest nobility.
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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Where there’s music there can be no evil.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
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My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
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