Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
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And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
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Danger, the spur of all great minds.
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Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.
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Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.
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Promise is most given when the least is said.
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Pure innovation is more gross than error.
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They're only truly great who are truly good.
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Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
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