"Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently."

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"We should provide in peace what we need in war."

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"No tears are shed when an enemy dies."

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"He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap."

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"You cannot put the same shoe on every foot."

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"Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid."

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"It is vain to look for a defence against lightning."

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"Powerful indeed is the empire of habit."

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"When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray."

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"It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody."

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"Even a single hair casts its shadow."

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"Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm."

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"An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage."

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"No one should be judge in his own cause."

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"No good man ever grew rich all at once."

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"Look for a tough wedge for a tough log."

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"You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot."

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"Many receive advice, few profit by it."

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"You should go to a pear-tree for pears, not to an elm."

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"He gets through too late who goes too fast."

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"As men, we are all equal in the presence of death."

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"They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their hands."

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"Familiarity breeds contempt."

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"It is not every question that deserves an answer."

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"A cock has great influence on his own dunghill."

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"Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings."

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"Do not turn back when you are just at the goal."

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"The bow too tensely strung is easily broken."

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"He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion."

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"It is better to have a little than nothing."

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"Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised."

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"It is a bad plan that admits of no modification."

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"Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last."

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"A guilty conscience never feels secure."

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"It matters not how long you live, but how well."

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"When Fortune is on our side, popular favour bears her company."

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"It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity."

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"How happy the life unembarrassed by the cares of business!"

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"The anger of lovers renews the strength of love."

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"It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another."

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"It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are."

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"His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune."

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"We are interested in others when they are interested in us."

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"A wise man never refuses anything to necessity."

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"In every enterprise consider where you would come out."

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"When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all."

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"We may with advantage at times forget what we know."

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"To do two things at once is to do neither."

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"No man is happy who does not think himself so."

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"Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad."

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