What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.

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Patience is a conquering virtue.

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Many a true word is spoken in jest

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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.

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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

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Time and tide wait for no man.

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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.

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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.

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It is nought good a sleping hound to wake.

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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.

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