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Whatever sufferings you have caused, they are the same that you yourself
shall suffer.
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Better than a pleasant surprise or caress, are two.
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To say, or do that which may harm is something more than imprudence.
A fanatic will never comprehend but one phase of a subject: with him
there is no possibility of a quiet controversy.
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Not to go to war, Santiago married, but he had so much fighting at home,
that he now longs to be a soldier.
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Those who constantly promise and never fulfil, are like imperfect
clocks; they mark but they never strike the hour.
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«Let us repeat a thing one hundred times to be heard once,» said Santo
Tomas.
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A cat in mittens will catch few mice.
Be not always severe, nor always merciful, choose a mean between the two
extremes, for that middle point is the centre of discretion.
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It is impossible to love two at the same time. Can one light illumine
two distant rooms simultaneously?
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Show yourself too kind or confer at once too many benefits, and, if you
are dealing with an insensible person, you will soon and certainly be
underrated and abused.
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All things in the world have their uses; your own faults and mistakes
will doubtless harm you, but the misdoings of others, if well studied,
may be your salvation.
«Dubitat Augustinus.» When you say I must see to believe, you show no
faith, little hope and less charity.
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The study of the world is like any other deep study.
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When obliged to speak tell your whole story, but without superfluous
comment.
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