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Alas my love you do me wrong,
To cast me of discurteously;
And I have loved you so long,
Delighting in your company.

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The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

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If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.

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If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.

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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

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Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

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You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.

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Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

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Sin bravely...We will never have all the facts to make a perfect judgement, but with the aid of basic experience we must leap bravely into the future.

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