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The good befriend themselves.

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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Blind Man See
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Failure Goodness Himself Man Wisdom
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Adversity Ourselves Recognition Sorrow
Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Alone Believe Empty Maintain Man Right Talk Thinking Yourself
The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Cherish Myself Strength Truth
A lie never lives to be old.
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Live Lying Old One Liner
Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Easy Medicine Sleep
All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Disgust Himself Leaving Nature Oneself
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Day Kind Type Yourself
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Kindness Price Return Yourself
Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Evil Lazy Mom
Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Accuse Blame Charge Silence Support
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Forget Happiness Misery Present
The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Children One Liner Pride
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
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

The good befriend themselves.

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