I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESA 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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There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
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Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
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Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.
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The ass bears the load, but not the overload.
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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
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The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.
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God who gives the wound gives the salve.
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They who lose today may win tomorrow.
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.
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A good name is better than bags of gold.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
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Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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A stout heart breaks bad luck.
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Where there’s music there can be no evil.
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The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
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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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