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Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but read more
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
