It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESDiligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
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When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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Beware, gentle knight – the greatest monster of them all is reason.
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The man who fights for his ideals is alive.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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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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One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
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My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
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For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.
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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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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
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Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.
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Love not what you are but only what you may become.
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The pen is the tongue of the mind.
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The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
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I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
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One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.
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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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Woman’s advice has little value, but he who won’t take it is a fool.
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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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Every man is the son of his own works.
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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A stout heart breaks bad luck.
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Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.
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