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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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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
The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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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
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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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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