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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

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The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

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Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.

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Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

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Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

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To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

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The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

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Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

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He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

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Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

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Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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