"He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush."

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"It is a difficult thing for a man to resist the natural necessity of mortal passions."

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"When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of oratory, he answered, "Action;" and which was the second, he replied, "Action;" and which was the third, he still answered, "Action.""

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"There is no debt with so much prejudice put off as that of justice."

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""I will show," said Agesilaus, "that it is not the places that grace men, but men the places.""

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"I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up."

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"Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with much labour.""

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"Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one's own praises."

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"Let us not wonder if something happens which never was before, or if something doth not appear among us with which the ancients were acquainted."

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"When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, "I 'll lay my life," said he, "somebody hath told him I am dead, for he can speak well of no man living.""

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"Simonides calls painting silent poetry, and poetry speaking painting."

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"When one asked him what boys should learn, "That," said he, "which they shall use when men.""

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"The highest condition takes rise in the lowest."

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"Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity."

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"Necessity knows no law except to conquer."

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"Money alone sets all the world in motion."

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"There are some remedies worse than the disease."

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"Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy."

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"No one knows what he can do till he tries."

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"A rolling stone gathers no moss."

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"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity."

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"No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety."

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"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself."

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"Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it."

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"What is left when honour is lost?"

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"One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse."

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"Practice is the best of all instructors."

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"Never find your delight in another's misfortune."

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"He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill."

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"A fair exterior is a silent recommendation."

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"It is only the ignorant who despise education."

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"Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn."

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"The judge is condemned when the criminal is acquitted."

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"It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies."

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"Every one excels in something in which another fails."

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"It is well to moor your bark with two anchors."

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"He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so."

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"Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account."

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"He who has plenty of pepper will pepper his cabbage."

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"The loss which is unknown is no loss at all."

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"It is more easy to get a favour from fortune than to keep it."

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"Fortune is like glass,--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."

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"Patience is a remedy for every sorrow."

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"Society in shipwreck is a comfort to all."

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"We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have."

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"A good reputation is more valuable than money."

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"The next day is never so good as the day before."

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"It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are."

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"A god could hardly love and be wise."

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"Never promise more than you can perform."

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