To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
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To ask advice is in 9 cases out of 10 to tout for flattery.John Churton Collins
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
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Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.
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Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.
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There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.
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If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.
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