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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.
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An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.
Pietro Metastasio
Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.
Pietro Metastasio
Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.
Pietro Metastasio
