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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.

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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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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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Animal Guide Hairs Power Tongue
Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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Happiness Sex Voice Woman
Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Compassion Kindness Lust
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
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Beautiful End Equality Joy Sorrow Time
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Food God Himself Slave Worship
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
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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Escape Fruit Himself Live
A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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Men Strong Time Tree Wisdom
Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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Enemy Himself Kill Mercy
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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Healing Lying Scars Truth Wound

Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.

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