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“But” is a fence over which few leap. – German Proverb

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A great war leaves the country with three armies — an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. – German Proverb

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Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. – Author Unknown

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Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things. – George Eliot, Felix Holt, The Radical

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From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair. – André Gide, The Counterfeiters, 1925

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Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. – Epictetus

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