A sage has one advantage; he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
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Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
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A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
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