A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
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Making a book is a craft, as is making a clock it takes more than wit to become an author.
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We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.
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He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it he, on the contrary, who labors after a thing too impatiently thinks the success when it comes is not a recompense equal to all the pains he has been at about it.
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There is nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a great one. Poverty treads on the heels of great and unexpected riches.
Jean de la Bruyere
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