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"There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy."

"As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?"

"The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability."

"It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life."

"As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family."

"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."

"We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment."

"Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits."

"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."
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"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."

"Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others."

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."

"One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best."
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