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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put…
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come…
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Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
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Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.
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The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and…
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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
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Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
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An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of…
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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is!
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In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.
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Do not be perturbed with by an ill-bred person; in most cases the one who is unsociable has a liver complaint and…
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Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.
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To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to…
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It was the old New York way...the way people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who…
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The liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor
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Recently Mr. Mawdsley’s donkey escaped from his stall, raced down the road, and somehow found his way into an enclosed pasture. Mr.…
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Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason…
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