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A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.
A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.
A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
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.
An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself.
An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
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.
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.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
