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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
[ Danger ]
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Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
[ Expectation ]
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Enemies promises were made to be broken.
[ Enemies ]
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Example is the best precept.
[ Example ]
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Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
[ Respectability ]
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He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another.
[ Discontent ]
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In union there is strength.
[ Unity ]
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It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.
[ Risk ]
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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
[ Originality ]
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Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
[ Adversity ]
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
[ Advice ]
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
[ Kindness ]
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Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
[ Safety ]
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
[ Appearance ]
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Please all, and you will please none.
[ Approval ]
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Slow and steady wins the race.
[ Patience ]
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The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.
[ Pain ]
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The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
[ Misfortunes ]
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
[ Enemies ]
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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
[ Mind ]
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We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.
[ Wish and Wishing ]
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Wealth unused might as well not exist.
[ Wealth ]
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