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" It is your business when the wall next door catches fire. "

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" Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. "

" Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain. "

" Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings. "

" The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. "

" Nothing's beautiful from every point of view. "

" Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. "

" The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. "

" A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong. "

" He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long. "

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" Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too. "

" To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. "

" Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. "

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" I teach that all men are mad. "

" Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them. "

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" The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. "

" Fidelity is the sister of justice. "

" Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. "

" A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably. "

" Subdue your passion or it will subdue you. "

" It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit. "

" Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. "

" In labouring to be concise, I become obscure. "

" Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life. "

" It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement. "

" Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. "

" Life is largely a matter of expectation. "