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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.

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He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
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Himself Judgement Night Recovery Wine
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Compassion Kindness Lust
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Appearance Jewel Treasure Woman Worth
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Deep Entertainment Friendship Wisdom
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Food God Himself Slave Worship
When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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Animal Eat Excellence Men Praise Sleep
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Bold Encouragement Shy
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Inspirational Patience
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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Enemy Kind Learning Man Religious Rule
All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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Body Compassion Essence Human Pain Suffering Yourself
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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Forgiveness Generosity God People
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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Enemy Friendship Intelligence Secret
I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Fear God Himself
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
O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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God Myself Rich Satisfaction Wealth

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