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 | "It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive
as well as pray." | |
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Found in the topic Praise.
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| "Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow." | |
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Found in the topic Illusions.
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| "Distrust interested advice." | |
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Found in the topic Advice.
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| "Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties." | |
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Found in the topic Diet.
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| "Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common
prudence to see our way out before we venture in." | |
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Found in the topic Prudent.
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| "Better to die once and for all, than live in continual
terror." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles
of his own." | |
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Found in the topic Argument.
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| "Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." | |
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Found in the topic Misfortunes.
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| "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." | |
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Found in the topic Clothes.
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| "You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the
spoil." | |
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Found in the topic Gravity.
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| "Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything." | |
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Found in the topic Content.
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| "It is easy to be brave from a safe distance." | |
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Found in the topic Bravado.
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| "The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle"s
own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own
destruction." | |
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Found in the topic Endure.
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| "We often give enemies the means of our own destruction." | |
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Found in the topic Destiny.
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| "Much outcry, little outcome." | |
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Found in the topic Conceit.
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| "Enemies" promises were made to be broken." | |
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Found in the topic Promise.
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| "Any excuse will serve a tyrant." | |
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Found in the topic Excuse.
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| "Familiarity breeds contempt." | |
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Found in the topic Contempt.
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| "Gratitude is the sign of noble souls." | |
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Found in the topic Gratitude.
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| "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." | |
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Found in the topic Kindness.
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