He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials of impotence.
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The mind when unoccupied knows not what it wants.Latin
Quick enough, if safe enough.
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Never take the antidote before the poison.
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The smoke of our own country is brighter than fire abroad.
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From the miseries of others he fears for his own position.
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He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream.
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