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Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.
Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.
