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If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.
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Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.
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Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.
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A tiny fly can choke a big man.
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The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.
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As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.
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Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
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As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
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The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
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The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
Last Update: 22 May 2022
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