He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.

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It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

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There are some things which men confess with ease, and others with difficulty.

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In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it.

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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

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Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.

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If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

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All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

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