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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Never despise what you don't understand.

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Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

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They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

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Let us see what love can do.

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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

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If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.

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Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

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

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