The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

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Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not...

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not...

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract;...

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract;...

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of...

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of...

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory...

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory...

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do....

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do....