Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

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It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good...

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good...

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Appearances are often deceiving.

Appearances are often deceiving.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures....

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures....

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not...

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of...

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

I think science has enjoyed an extraordinary success because it has such a limited and...

I think science has enjoyed an extraordinary success because it has such a limited and...