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Contrasts mutually set off each other.
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Conversation ministers to a mind diseased.
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Conviviality reveals secrets.
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Correct a wise man, and he will be grateful; correct a fool, and
he will not only give a deaf ear, but send you off with a flea in
your ear.
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Court not companionship with tigers.
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Courts grant not their favours as men are good and deserving.
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Covet not the property of others.
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Cowards win no laurels.
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Cultivate not a barren soil.
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Cultivate the garden within.
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Dead men do not bite.
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Death brings to a level spades and sceptres.
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Death cancels everything but truth.
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Death defies the doctor.
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Death is common to all.
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Death is preferable.
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Death is the great leveller.
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Death snatches away the most deserving, and leaves the wicked.
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Death to the wolf is life to the lambs.
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Deeds not words are required.
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Deliberate often--decide once.
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Deliberate slowly, execute quickly.
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Desire nothing that would bring disgrace.
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Desire of glory is the last garment that even wise men put off.
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Desires are nourished by delays.
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Despise not the weak: the gnat stings the eyes of the lion.
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Despise school and remain a fool.
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Different men like different things.
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Different pursuits suit different ages.
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Different strokes for different folks.
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Differing in words, not in reality. [A verbal, not an actual
difference.]
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Divide and rule. [Win by creating disunion among your
adversaries.]
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Do as I say, not as I do.
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Do as you would be done unto.
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Do business best when the wind's in the west.
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Do chattering monkeys mimic men,
Or we, turned apes, out-monkey them?
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Do not give an opinion until it is asked for.
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Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an opportunity of
escaping.
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Do well and have well.
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Don't be frightened at high-sounding words.
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Don't do that of which you doubt the propriety.
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Don't draw another's bow, don't ride another's horse, don't mind
another's business.
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Don't tell a secret to anybody, unless you want the whole world
to know it.
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Don't that just butter your grits.
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Doth the moon on high care for the barking of a dog?
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Double charging will break a cannon.
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Dropping water makes the rock hollow, not by its force, but by
constant action.
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Drown not thyself to save a drowning man.
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Drumming is not the way to catch a hare.
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Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts, and some devils.
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