Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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