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“Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.”
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“Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.”
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“Have consideration for wounded feelings.”
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“He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.”
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“He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.”
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“Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to beasts.”
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“That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.”
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“That which never has been, never is, and never will be.”
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“That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.”
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“The act is judged of by the event.”
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“The battle is over when the foe has fallen.”
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“The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.”
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“The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal in every food which offers.”
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“The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all crinoline and chignon.]”
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“The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.”
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“The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.”
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“The more they drink the more they thirst.”
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“The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my only one!"”
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“The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means of defence.”
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“The rose is often found near the nettle.”
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“The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.”
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“The spirits run riot in youth.”
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“The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.”
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“The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.”
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“There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.”
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