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    A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

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    As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.

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    As the paper though it entereth the press white, yet when it cometh forth black is eagerly sought to be perused; so do thou let thy life, though darkened by adversity, be made all the more useful to thy fellows.

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    As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.

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    As you do not sweeten your mouth by saying honey, so you do not grow virtuous by merely talking of virtue.

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    Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it.

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    Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.

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    For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

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    For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.

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    For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

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    For misdirected love, the attainment of its object is, indeed, the best cure; but it cures as the guillotine cures headache.

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    Gossip is putting two and two together, and making it five.

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    From the moment we expect gratitude, we forfeit it.

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    Hast thou fallen? Do not groan and lament: rather be thankful for the opportunity given thee to rise once more.

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    History is not fable agreed upon, but truth disagreed upon.

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    How adversity doth ope the eye! A moon can be seen by day as well as by night; but, to see the stars, you must be in darkness.

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    If silence is good for the wise, how much better is it for the foolish!

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    If you must hate a man for the many things about which you disagree, remember that you should also love him for the many things about which you agree.

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    It is not the roaring thunder that smites, but the silent lightning.

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    It may be true that love is blind, but only for what is ugly: its sight is keen enough for what is beautiful.

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    It needs as much generosity to take as to give.

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    Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.

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    Life is not meant to be hard: if it is, we make it so.

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    Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

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    Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint.

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    Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning.

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    Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most.

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    Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.

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    The best way to deceive a knave is to tell him the truth.

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    The danger from lightning is gone when the thunder is heard, and the worst is over when misfortune has arrived.

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    The furnace which melts gold, also hardens clay. Before blaming thy fate, therefore, find whether thou art gold or clay.

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    The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

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    The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.

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    The wealthy seldom possess wealth: oftener they are possessed by it.

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    The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

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    Though my sight be lost, I do not yet lose my faith: when I can no longer see, I can still believe.

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    To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how you look when asleep.

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    To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows.

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    What we know is to what we do not know, as a grain of sand is to the beach.

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    Whether I shall be unfortunate depends also on others; whether I shall be unhappy depends only on myself.