In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.

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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.

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A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.

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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.

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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

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