A strict master will not have understanding sons
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Elderly men who are popular with young women usually lack wisdom
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If we do not help a man in trouble, it is as if we caused the trouble
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Just as your hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain, so this small earthly life keeps us from seeing the vast radiance that fills the core of the universe
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Don't ask God to change the laws of nature for you
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I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it
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The man who disobeys his parents will have disobedient sons
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The prosperity of a country can be seen simply in how it treats its old people
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A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does
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Lies are usually caused by an undue fear of men
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We each have the kind of children we deserve
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The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride
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Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity
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Even the poor should give something to charity
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Every author should weigh his work and ask, 'Will humanity gain any benefit from it?' by
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An angry man is unfit to pray
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A man's drive for profit should be prompted by the desire to give charity
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Knowledge that is paid for will be longer remembered
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