Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

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Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.

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He has an oar in every man's boat, and a finger in every pie.

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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

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Oh, envy, root of infinite wickedness and destroyer of virtue!

Miguel de Cervantes in Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605)
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

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Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.

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There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

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