"Enemies' promises were made to be broken."
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"It is easy to despise what you cannot get"
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"Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield."
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"Each person has his strong point."
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"We often despise what is most useful to us."
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"Straw shows which way the wind is blowing."
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"Change of habit cannot alter Nature."
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"Distrust interested advice."
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"Do nothing without regard to the consequences."
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"A man is known by the company he keeps"
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"He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family."
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"He that has many friends, has no friends."
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"One story sounds good until another is told"
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"No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward"
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"If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves."
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"Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not."
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"Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions."
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"If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."
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"If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade."
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"The hero is brave in deeds as well as words."
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