Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.
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A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.
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You know it is not my interest to pay the principal, or my principal to pay the interest.
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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies."
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To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.
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My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands!
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That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.
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Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.
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