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Be assured, that when a woman once begins to be ashamed of what she ought not to be ashamed of, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.

— Cato the Elder

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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

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Those who commit private theft pass their lives in confinement and fetters; plunderers of the public, in gold and purple.

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