"Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease."
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"Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis."
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"There was once a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but — whack — his palm came on his head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES."
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"There is always someone worse off than yourself."
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"He collected audiences around him, and flourished and exhibited and harangued."
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"Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost."
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"Appearances may be deceiving."
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"A fair-minded person tries to see both sides of an argument."
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"Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it."
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"It is wise to turn circumstances to good account."
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"Plodding wins the race."
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"Necessity knows no law."
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"Those who suffer most cry out the least."
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"Keep your place in life and your place will keep you"
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"The least outlay is not always the greatest gain."
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"We can easily represent things as we wish them to be."
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"Don't go looking for trouble."
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"Every man for himself."
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"Better to die once and for all, than live in continual terror."
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"Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease."
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