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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Forgive Man Necessary Pain True Value Wisdom
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Courage Greatness Himself Man Preserve Security Virtue
Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Knowledge Wisdom
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Books Choice Friendship
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Man Praise Rich Virtue Wealth Wisdom World
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Love Reading Wisdom Yourself
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Dangerous Integrity Knowledge Weakness
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Coward Patriot Refuge
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Goodness Greatness Himself Wait
The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Enjoyment Happiness Travel Woman
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Desire Man Myself Reading Writing
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Conscience Funny Marriage Wife
A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Advice Need Welcome
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Civilization Poor Test True
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Attempt Himself Life Man Possession Waste
Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Art Himself Person Photograph Work
What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Easy Excellence One Liner
Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Heart Talk Trust Voice Yourself
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Art Attention Memories True
When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Adversity Escape Remember Suffering
A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Expression Greatness Himself Hope Man Meaning World
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Argument Myself Understand Yourself
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Goodness Measurement Treat True
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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End God Greatness Guide Motivational Original Spring

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