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If a man could have just half of his wishes, he would double his t

If a man could have just half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin

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I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody. – Benjamin Franklin

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It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. – Benjamin Franklin

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To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied. РHenri-Fr̩d̩ric Amiel

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The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. – H.T. Leslie

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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. – Simone Weil

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Every problem contains within itself the seeds of its own solution. – Edward Somers

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