How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESMake it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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Delay always breeds danger.
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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Think before thou speakest.
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
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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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There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
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Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.
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What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman’s mind?
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They who lose today may win tomorrow.
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The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.
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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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Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.
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