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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
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Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
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To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
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