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Beauty and folly are old companions.

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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

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Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

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He that rises late must trot all day.

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Never confuse motion with action.

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Applause waits on success.

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Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.

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Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

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He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.

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In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

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Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

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A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

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Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

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Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

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Our necessities never equal our wants.

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Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

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He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

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It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

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A place for everything, everything in its place.

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