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See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, you'll want a pin before you die.
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How to dress? When the money is going from you wear anything you like. When the money is coming to you, dress your best.
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Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.
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The superior doctor prevents sickness;/ The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness;/ The inferior doctor treats actual sickness.
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To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under.
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St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, for forty days it will remain; St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, for forty days 'twill rain no more.
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Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.
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Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least.
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It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.
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