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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.

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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Grace Men Mistake Reputation Secret Yourself
When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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Enemy Men See Trouble Yourself
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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Enemy Friendship Intelligence Secret
Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Dog Goodness Talk
Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
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Ignorance Knowledge
If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
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Change Fall Heaven Value Wisdom Worth
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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Enemy Kind Learning Man Religious Rule
Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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Angry Kindness Limitation People Respect Season
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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Feeling Human Pain Suffering Yourself
It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
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Oneself Reveal Secret Silence Talk
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Food God Himself Slave Worship
Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Company Intelligence Need Society
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Forgiveness God Myself Prayer Sin
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Forgiveness God Myself Prayer Sin
However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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Action Book Empty Fire Himself Intellectual Learning Philosophy Study Wisdom
A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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Dog Forget Friendship Himself

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