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To be turned from one’s course by men’s opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation...
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend...
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Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it...
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
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There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think...
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If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow...
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Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals...
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The future is no place to place your better days.
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Quotation … A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because...