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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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Holy Need Starve
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Better Dog Gratitude Men Worth
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Adversity Hard Time Men Prosperity Worth
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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Bad Earth Face Fortune Heaven Nature
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Deal Harsh Oppression Sorry
Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Affect Appearance Eyes Heart Impression
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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Care Listening Yourself
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
The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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Book Death Discipline Live Religious True
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
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
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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Fake Mischief Peace Truth
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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Book Carry Learning Library Stupidity
Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Dog Goodness Talk
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Bold Encouragement Shy
O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Enemy Friendship Hands Men Wisdom

O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

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