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Action should culminate in wisdom.
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'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
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A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
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The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.
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A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.
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: One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them.
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Our strategy should be based on indigenisation and import substitution. The government must provide opportunities for domestic companies to participate in sectors in which the country continues to depend on imports.
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One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.
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A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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As an instructor, you must be able to distinguish between poor performance caused by lack of ability or aptitude on the part of the student and poor performance caused by lack of effort. You should treat the first with patience and the latter with firmness. You must never apply sarcasm and ridicule.
Jeet Kune Do (1997) Part 5 On training in Jeet Kune Do -
Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.
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Do not go gentle into the good night. Old age should burn and rage at close of day.
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Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries.
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Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
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The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.
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A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
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