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The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
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Get out of harms way.
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Every one in his own house and God in all of them.
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When you are at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
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A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.
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That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.
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Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.
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It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.
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Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.
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Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them.
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The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
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When a man says, "Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?" there is no answer to be made.
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The good governor should have a broken leg and keep at home.
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That which costs little is less valued.
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The fear thou art in, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "prevents thee from seeing or hearing correctly, for one of the effects of fear is to derange the senses and make things appear different from what they are; if thou art in such fear, withdraw to one side and leave me to myself, for alone I suffice to bring victory to that side to which I shall give my aid;" and so saying he gave Rocinante the spur, and putting the lance in rest, shot down the slope like a thunderbolt.
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Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
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It is good to live and learn.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.
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Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.
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There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.
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For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.
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A stout heart breaks bad luck.
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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
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