Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESMy heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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The wicked are always ungrateful.
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God exalts the man who humbles himself.
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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
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Beware, gentle knight – the greatest monster of them all is reason.
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It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
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Let every man look before he leaps.
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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He who gives early gives twice.
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Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.
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Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.
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Can we ever have too much of a good thing?
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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
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Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.
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