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Don't promise twice what you can do at once.


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A honest man is seldom a vagrant.

A honest man is seldom a vagrant.



I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.

I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.



Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.

Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.



Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.

Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.



Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.



I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.

I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.



Blessed be they as virtuous, who when they feel their virile members swollen with lust, visit a brothel rather than grind at some husband's private mill.

Blessed be they as virtuous, who when they feel their virile members swollen with lust, visit a brothel rather than grind at some husband's private mill.



In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

In doing nothing men learn to do evil.



Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.

Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.



Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.

Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.





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When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.

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Amazing how the heart clutches at anything familiar, whimpering Mine!Mine!

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So if you think being thin is enough to succeed in gymnastics, you're wrong.

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