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"The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest."
"Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart."
"We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things."
"Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit."
"False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth."
"He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace."
"The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it."
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"It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."
"Never let your tiny age misguide you to think the time is not yet up. Get up and do it at any age."
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