"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance."
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"The best of all medicines is resting and fasting"
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"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
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"Never ruin an apology with an excuse."
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"My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension."
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"Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none."
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"At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment."
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"Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them."
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"Flesh eating is unprovoked murder."
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"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."
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"It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it."
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"How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today."
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"The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?'"
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"The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast"
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"There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. The best is to do both at the same time."
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"Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame."
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"Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse."
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"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five."
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"And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force could be brought together to repel them?"
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"Creditors have better memories than debtors."
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