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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…
• Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
• Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come…
• Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
• Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.
• The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and…
• In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
• A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
• Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
• An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
• Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of…
• Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

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