Debts and lies are generally mixed together.

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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

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Tell the truth and shame the devil.

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All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.

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