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A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.