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Advice
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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
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It is bad advice that cannot be changed.
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Ambition
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If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
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Anger
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An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
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Belief
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The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.
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Bravery
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No one reaches a high position without daring.
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Caution
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He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.
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It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
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Change
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A rolling stone can gather no moss.
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Conversation
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Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.
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Corruption
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It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
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Customs
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The empire of custom is most mighty.
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Danger
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One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
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Deception/Lying
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Pain forces even the innocent to lie.
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Decisions
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That should be considered long which can be decided but once.
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Education
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It is only the ignorant who despise education.
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Effort
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To do two things at once is to do neither.
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Enemy, Enemies
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It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.
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Eyes
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The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
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Father
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An angry father is most cruel toward himself.
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Fear
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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
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Flattery
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What valor cannot win, flattery may.
-Publilius Syrus, Sententiae, no. 718, 43
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Fortune
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Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
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Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
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Friends
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Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
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