Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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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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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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