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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.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too read more
To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
