Not much is achieved where everyone gives the orders.
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Speak little and well, they will think you somebody.Portuguese
It is bad to have a servant, but worse to have a master.
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Visits always give pleasure -- if not at the arrival, then at the departure.
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Give a little, take a little.
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Peace with a cudgel in hand is war.
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Every one reaps as he sows.
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