I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESMake yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
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Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
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Thou hast seen nothing yet.
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?
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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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Think before thou speakest.
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Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.
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He who gives early gives twice.
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Tell me what company thou keepest and I’ll tell thee what thou art.
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Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.
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Believe there are no limits but the sky.
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.
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Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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