There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun and the two are never far apart.Charles Caleb Colton
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship and when they hear us praised by others will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can.
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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
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Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.
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Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them.
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Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
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