The ambitious will always be first in the crowd he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance.
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Reflection is the business of man a sense of his state is his first duty But who remembereth himself in joy Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us.Akhenaton
Be always more ready to forgive, than to return an injury he that watches for an opportunity of revenge, lieth in wait against himself, and draweth down mischief on his own head.
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As a plain garment best adorneth a beautiful woman, so a decent behavior is the best ornament of inner wisdom.
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What is the pay for titles, but flattery How doth man purchase power but by being a slave to him who giveth it.
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As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.
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It is honour to thy nature when worthily employed when thou directeth it to wrong purposes, it shameth and destroyeth thee.
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