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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise begin

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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!

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He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

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He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

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He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

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He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

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Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own He who secure within can say Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

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Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

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Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.

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Faults are soon copied.

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Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

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Fidelity is the sister of justice.

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Drop the question what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit every day that fate allows you.

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Dum loquimur invida aetas fugerit. (While we talk, hostile time flies away)

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Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

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Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

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Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.Lat., Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.

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Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth. And set down as gain each day that Fortune grants.

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Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

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Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.(When I labor to be brief, I become obscure.)

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Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

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Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

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A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

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A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

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A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

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Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

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