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C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical.
1917.
Bias
Be slow in considering, but resolute in action.
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He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom.
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Hear much; speak little.
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It is better to decide between our enemies than our friends; for one of our friends will most likely become our enemy; but on the other hand, one of your enemies will probably become your friend.
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Monarch, thou wishest to cover thyself with glory: be the first to submit to the laws of thy empire.
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Some, by admiring other mons virtues, become enemies to their own vices.
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Speak of the gods as they are.
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The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortunes.
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The majority is wicked.
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