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A foolish man in wealth

A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof.
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Harsh reproof is like a

Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.
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Outward perfection without inward goodness

Outward perfection without inward goodness sets but the blacker dye on the mind?s deformity.
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Learning is like Scanderbeg?s sword,

Learning is like Scanderbeg?s sword, either good or bad according to him who hath it: an excellent weapon, if well used; otherwise, like a sharp razor in the hand of a child.
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Men are not rich or

Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence.
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When the scale of sensuality

When the scale of sensuality bears down that of reason, the baseness of our nature conducts us to most preposterous conclusions.
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He that rectifies a crooked

He that rectifies a crooked stick bends it the contrary way, so must he that would reform a vice learn to affect its mere contrary, and in time he shall see the springing blossoms of a happy restoration.
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Too much to lament a

Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief.
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Bootless grief hurts a man?s

Bootless grief hurts a man?s self, but patience makes a jest of an injury.
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There are no riches like

There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience.
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