Tell the truth and shame the devil.

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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.

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