We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.

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I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.

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Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

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No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

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Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

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People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.

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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

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Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.

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The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.

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