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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

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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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Fake God Saint Sin Thinking Word
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Deep Entertainment Friendship Wisdom
A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
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Care Destroy Friendship Life Moments
Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Fight Power Togetherness Unity Win
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Beautiful End Equality Joy Sorrow Time
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
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
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
God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Bad Disturb God Goodness Sleep
Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Accomplishment Patience Ruin
The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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Harmony Heart Music Togetherness
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
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Different Human Suffering True
I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Fear God Himself
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
I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Fear God Himself Intellectual Myself

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