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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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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
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There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.
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Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.
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Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother.
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Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.
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