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Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.
Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.
An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.
Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.
The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
A learned man has always riches in himself.
Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.
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