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Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.

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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

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Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

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It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.

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I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

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Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

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Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.

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Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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To be loved, be lovable.

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