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There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the g

There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards? – Josh Billings

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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. – Josh Billings

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Youth
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If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety. – Josh Billings

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Faith
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They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent. – Benjamin Franklin

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Caution

Hasten slowly. – Caesar Augustus

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Caution

If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he does not know how wide it is, he will jump, and six times out of ten he will make it. – Proverb

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Caution

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. – Buddha

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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame. – Thomas à Kempis

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Gold has worked down from Alexanders time… When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory. – Bernard Baruch

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Gold

We must not sit still and look for miracles up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything. – George Eliot

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Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms. – Author Unknown

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Promises