A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Against the bold, daring is unsafe.
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Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.
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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
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All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
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An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.
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An evil life is a kind of death.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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Bear patiently with a rival.
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Beauty is a fragile gift.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
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