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All things good to know are difficult to learn.
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.
To love is nothing. To be loved is something. To love and be loved is everything.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Gray hair is a sign of age, not wisdom.
A heart that loves is always young.
A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.
Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers.
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.
Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.
No need to teach an eagle to fly.
Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
The beginning is the half of every action.
The net of the sleeper catches fish.
To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it.
Where there is a sea there are pirates.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

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