It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
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He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it he, on the contrary, who labors after a thing too impatiently thinks the success when it comes is not a recompense equal to all the pains he has been at about it.Jean de la Bruyere
This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.
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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
Jean de la Bruyere
Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.
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Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
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