If we knew each other’s secrets, what comforts we should find.
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In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
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Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.
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Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.
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To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
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A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
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A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.
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Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
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Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.
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