Quotes 3921 till 3940 of 10591.
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If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.
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If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms.
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If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.
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If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.
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If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.
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If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.
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If you work well, the country will be in good order, and it will be a blessing to the country. The country needs good care.
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If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
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If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
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If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
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If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.
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If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
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If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.
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