If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story, if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
Cease to inquire what the future has in store and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
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