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1- God gives, gives and forgives, man gets, gets and forgets
2- Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
3- Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
4- Drink nothing without seeing it; Sign nothing without reading it.
5- Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.
6- By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible.
7- First deserve, and then desire.
8- He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
9- If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
10- If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
11- If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep.
12- In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.
13- It is not enough to aim.; you must hit.
14- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
15- Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.
16- Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.
17- Measure a thousand times and cut once.
18- Man has responsiblity, not power.
19- Never give advice in a crowd.
20- Never give advice unless asked.
21- A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
22- Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
23- Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise.
24- To change and change for the better are two different things.
25 To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
26- Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
27- Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.
28- What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
29- When one shuts one eye, one does not hear everything.
30- Where there is love, there is pain.
31- The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
32- Words must be weighed, not counted.

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