Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.
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I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
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My peace is gone, my heart is heavy.
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The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before.
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In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
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