Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of…

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Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those...

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those...

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Know or listen to those who know.

Know or listen to those who know.

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...