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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Chance Day Fear Live Man Rule
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Afraid Person Rustle
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Hard Work Remember Success
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
When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Myself Talk Understand
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
Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Friendship Stubborn Stupidity
What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Fake Friendship Greatness Wound
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
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Friendship Himself Life Throw
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
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Forget Happiness Misery Present
Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Evil Lazy Mom
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Darkness Horror Myself
The good befriend themselves.
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Acceptance Friendship Goodness
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

All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

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