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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.

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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Adversity Hard Time Men Prosperity Worth
Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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Evil Goodness People
I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Journey Lost Men Myself Path See Straight Struggle
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Better Dog Gratitude Men Worth
Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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Failure Man Secret Yourself
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Inspirational Patience
Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Forgiveness Oppression Wound
Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Animal Beyond Creation Dog Excellence Gratitude Human Man Worth
Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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Holy Need Starve
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
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Advice Help Men Wisdom
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Art End Enemy Learning Myself Person Target
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
It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Heart Oneself Person Virtue World
Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Desire Feeling Selfish
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

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