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"A man who has learnt little grows old like an ox: his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow." - Dhammapada

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"Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person." - Lavater #MeatlessMonday

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"Behaviour is a mirror in which every one shows his image." - Goethe #MountandBlade

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"Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way." - Goethe #Castile

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"Safe in thy breast close lock up thy intents, For he that knows thy purpose best prevents." - Randolph #LovingDay

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"Whosoever lends a greedy ear to a slanderous report is either himself of a radically bad disposition or a mere child in sense." - Menander

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"Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as the blazing meteor when it descends to earth is only a stone." - Longfellow #mtal

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"Dost thou desire that thine own heart should not suffer, redeem thou the sufferer from the bonds of misery." - Sa’dī #MeatlessMonday

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"The doctrine that enters only into the ear is like the repast one takes in a dream." - Chinese #AttorneyGeneralSessions

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"Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows." - Goethe

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"We in reality only know when we doubt a little. With knowledge comes doubt." - Goethe #HotTopics

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"Opportunities lose not, for all delay is madness; ’Mid bitter sorrow patience show, for ’tis the key of gladness." - Turkish #NCSC17

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"A man of little learning deems that little a great deal; a frog, never having seen the ocean, considers its well a great sea." - Burmese

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"The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere." - Māgha #EA17

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"Reason is captive in the hands of the passions, as a weak man in the hands of an artful woman." - Sa’dī #NAADD17

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"The more weakness the more falsehood; strength goes straight: every cannon ball that has in it hollows and holes goes crooked." - Richter

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"In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity." - Longfellow #CamilleCosby

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"We may be as good as we please, if we please to be good." - Barrow #Daybreak8

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"Happy the man who lives at home, making it his business to regulate his desires." - La Fontaine #PulseOneYearLater

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"Friendship throws a greater lustre on prosperity, while it lightens adversity by sharing in its griefs and troubles." - Cicero #HashiDays