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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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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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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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There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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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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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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