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- Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
- Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644)
- Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
- Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything; for there is no man who has not his hour, nor is there anything that has not its place.
- Ben Azai, Mishna
- 'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.
- John Sheffield
- Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
- We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799)
- If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.
- Chilo
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