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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Quotes from the same author
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
John Heywood
God never sends the mouth but he sendeth meat.
John Heywood
No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.
John Heywood
Prove your friend ere you have need, but in deed
A friend is never known till a man have need.
John Heywood