"The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause."
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"Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side."
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"Do not be inaccessible. None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others. He is an incorrigible ass who will never listen to any one. Even the most surpassing intellect should find a place for friendly counsel. Sovereignty itself must learn to lean. There are some that are incorrigible simply because they are inaccessible: They fall to ruin because none dares to extricate them. The highest should have the door open for friendship; it may prove the gate of help. A friend must be free to advise, and even to upbraid, without feeling embarrassed."
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"One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity."
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"Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong."
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"Help others solve their problems; standing farther away, you can often see matters more clearly than they do. . . The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him or her help themselves."
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"Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness."
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"Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit."
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"Truth is for the minority."
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"Put a grain of boldness into everything you do."
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"The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself."
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"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."
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"At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all."
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"Words are feminine; deeds are masculine."
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"Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness."
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"True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing."
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"True knowledge lies in knowing how to live."
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"Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier."
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"A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are."
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"Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone."
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