Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Expense Income Money Yourself
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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Easy Goodness Rule
It is best to know the worst at once.
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Best Oneself Worst
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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