“ Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. ”
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“ What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny. ”
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“ In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. ”
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“ The moon is a silver pin-head vast, That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast. ”
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“ Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. ”
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“ With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne, And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn. ”
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“ Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. ”
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“ The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. ”
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“ Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. ”
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“ Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety. ”
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“ A thousand year a poor man watched Before the gate of Paradise: But while one little nap he snatched, It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise? ”
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“ A thousand year a poor man watched Before the gate of Paradise: But while one little nap he snatched, It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise? ”
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“ With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne, And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn. ”
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“ Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings. ”
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“ In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. ”
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“ With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne, And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn. ”
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“ The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little. ”
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“ Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. ”
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“ In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. ”
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“ As two floating planks meet and part on the sea, O friend! so I met and then drifted from thee. ”
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