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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.

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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Healing One Liner Ourselves Sorrow Time
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Blame Fate Fortune Worst
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Beautiful Enjoyment Happiness Misery Person Talk Ugly Wealth
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Fortune Hard Work Lazy
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Bad Love Messenger News
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Fools Happiness Himself Man Talk Thinking
Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Heart Spirit Thinking Wisdom Word
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Good Help Man Misfortune Task
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Action Talk Terrible Wrong
Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Best Captain Opportunity
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Mindset Peace War
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Man Profit Terrible Wisdom
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Lying Ruin Sorry True
The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Cherish Myself Strength Truth

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