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Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.

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One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

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There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

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It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

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A witty saying proves nothing.

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In general we are least aware of what our minds do best.

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A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

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The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.

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We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting the best property of all -- friends?

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