A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
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He who does not tire, tires adversity.
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It is well to lie fallow for a while.
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Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
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Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.
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Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.
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Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.
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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
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