I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESThe wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.
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Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.
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Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
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Tell me what company thou keepest and I’ll tell thee what thou art.
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Woman’s advice has little value, but he who won’t take it is a fool.
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Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.
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Think before thou speakest.
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The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
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It is good to live and learn.
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
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Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
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Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.
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Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.
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What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman’s mind?
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Many littles make a much.
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Give the devil his due.
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