"It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody."
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"He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold."
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"Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater."
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"Be first the master of yourself"
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"Hear, see, and be silent."
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"Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief."
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"The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard."
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"Take care to make things turn out well. Some people scruple more over pointing things in the right direction than over successfully reaching their goals. The disgrace of failure outweighs the diligence they showed. A winner is never asked for explanations."
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"The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed."
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"Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders."
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"Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste."
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"It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it."
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"Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light."
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"All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure."
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"Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one."
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"To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else."
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"One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground"
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"Evil report carries further than any applause."
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"Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth."
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"Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement."
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