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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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Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.
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Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her reason
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A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of a hero
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Woo her not till thou hast seen her mother, for a score of years worketh wonders.
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Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.
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