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"Do not invest time and money into yourself to have others completely destroy it!"

"Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it's a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one."

"The source of a river is narrow. If you could jump over it in a twinkle of an eye at the source, be sure to ponder before you jump over it at its mid or its estuary."

"Two hands cut down a few trees, but one matchstick clears a forest."

"He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung."

"Be careful of those who would only be around you if they are doing better than you. People of such nature would likely become your worst enemies if you start doing better than them."

"Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly."
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"My poems are only bits of scratchingon the floor of acage."
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