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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;...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

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...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...