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Example is the best precept.
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Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
[ Danger ]
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Little by little does the trick.
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The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.
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Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
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Enemies promises were made to be broken.
[ Enemies ]
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There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: ''YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.''
[ Enemies ]
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
[ Enemies ]
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
[ Appearance ]
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Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
[ Cooperation ]
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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