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

» Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

» Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

» He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

» It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.

» It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

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

» Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

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

» I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

» Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

» Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

» Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

» A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

» Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.

» A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

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

» A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

» Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

» Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

» At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

» A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

» It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

» The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

» There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

» Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

» Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

» Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

» Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

» He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

» Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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

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

» True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

» 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.

» Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

» It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

» Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

» One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

» Begin with another's to end with your own.

» Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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

» When desire dies, fear is born.

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

» To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

» Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

» Evil report carries further than any applause.

» Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

» Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

» Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

» Know or listen to those who know.

» The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

» Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

» We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

» Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

» A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

» Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

» Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

» Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

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

» Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

» At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.

» True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island..to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

» Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

» 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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