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"He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long."
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"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."
Success

"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."
Friendship

"Fidelity is the sister of justice."
Family

"Subdue your passion or it will subdue you."
Passion

"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"
Soul

"Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings."
Death

"It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."
Fool

"I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me."
Hate

"The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable."
Act

"Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious."
People
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