A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
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Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
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A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.
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In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
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A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
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