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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
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"For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight."

"My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair."

"There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually."
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