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Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.
Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.
A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.
Never write a letter while you are angry.
Never write a letter while you are angry.
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.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
