A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.
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Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.
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The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.
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It is fear that first brought gods into the world.
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Everyone will find what he’s looking for. Nothing pleases everyone: this man gathers thorns, that one roses.
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I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.
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He has gone over to the majority.
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The mind longs for what it has missed.
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While fortune lasts you will see your friend’s face.
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The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.
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Can’t you see that I’m only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb
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One good turn deserves another.
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A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.
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Women are one and all a set of vultures.
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He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed.
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Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.
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