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A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two.
[ Teams and Teamwork ]
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A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.
[ Gardening and Gardens ]
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
[ Compromise ]
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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
[ Memory ]
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Be thrifty, but not covetous.
[ Economy and Economics ]
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Better never begin than never make an end.
[ Speakers and Speaking ]
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
[ Doctors ]
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
[ Alcohol and Alcoholism ]
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He that knows nothing doubts nothing.
[ Doubt ]
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He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
[ Oceans ]
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He who has the pepper may season as he lists.
[ Control ]
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In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
[ Conversation ]
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
[ Solitude ]
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It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
[ Inferiority ]
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Never was a miser a brave soul.
[ Misers and Misery ]
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Night is the mother of counsels.
[ Night ]
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None knows the weight of another's burden.
[ Burdens ]
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One enemy is too much.
[ Enemies ]
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One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
[ Uncategorised ]
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One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
[ Fathers ]
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One sword keeps another in the sheath.
[ Peace ]
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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
[ Prayer ]
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
[ Skill ]
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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
[ Failure ]
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Spend not on hopes.
[ Investments ]
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Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
[ Difficulties ]
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The eyes have one language everywhere.
[ Language ]
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The resolved mind hath no cares.
[ Commitment ]
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There is great force hidden in a gentle command.
[ Leaders and Leadership ]
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There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
[ Greatness ]
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Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
[ God ]
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Time is the rider that breaks youth.
[ Time and Time Management ]
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