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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a…
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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what…
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
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Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care…
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It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head.
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Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
— Ben Jonson
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
— Sun Tzu
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The covetous man is ever in want.
— Horace
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The covetous man is always poor.
— Claudius Claudianus
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The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God…
— John Bunyan
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The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made Higher and broader,…
— Thomas Adams
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For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man…
— Sun Tzu
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Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.
— Saint Basil
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Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his…
— John Milton
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The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
— Thomas Adams
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth,…
— Francis Bacon
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