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When the candles are out all women are fair.Best?
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Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.Best?
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The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.Best?
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.Best?
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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.Best?
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An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.Best?
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The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.Best?
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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.Best?
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Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.Best?
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.Best?
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The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.Best?
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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.Best?
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.Best?
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Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered: but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battle.Best?
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.Best?
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.Best?
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To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.Best?
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It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.Best?
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