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Man's highest blessedness
In wisdom chiefly stands;
And in the things that touch upon the Gods,
Tis best in word of deed
To shun unholy pride;
Great words of boasting bring great punishments;
And so to gray-haired age
Comes wisdom at the last.

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It is no weakness for the wisest man
To learn when he is wrong.

A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.

When the mind hath once become a parent of evil, it teaches men to be evil thenceforth.

I well believe it, to unwilling ears;None love the messenger who brings bad news.

Evil seems good, soon or late, to him whose mind the god draws to mischief.

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