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Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
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Advice
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Never give advice in a crowd.
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Angels
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When the angels present themselves, the devils abscond.
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Birth
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I came to the place of my birth and cried, The friends of my youth, where are they? And echo answered, Where are they?
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Charity
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If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.
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Class
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All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
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Conversation
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When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
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Danger
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When danger approaches, sing to it.
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Death
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Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion.
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Deception/Lying
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Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.
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Evil
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The devil tempts all men, but idle men tempt the devil.
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Family
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None but a mule denies his family.
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Fate & Destiny
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Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
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Fight, Fighting
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I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors all of us against the foreigner.
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Food
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He who eats alone chokes alone.
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Friends
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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A friend is known when needed.
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Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.
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Future, The
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Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
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Hope
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He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.
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Ignorance & Stupidity
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A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.
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Marriage
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Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.
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Mother
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Heaven is at the feet of Mothers.
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Opportunity
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Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.
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Perception
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The dung beetle, seeing its child on the wall, thinks it sees a pearl on a thread.
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