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- Do not throw the arrow which will return against you.
- Kurdish Proverb
- Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743 - 1794)
- Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
- Epicurus (341 BC - 270 BC)
- One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
- Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.
- Malayan Proverb
- If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly true in the case of professors or intellectuals, who are full of fascinating information, but need encouragement before they'll divulge it.
- Joyce Carol Oates (1938 - )
- The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
- Henry S. Haskins
- One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
- The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.
- Pierre Charron
- Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.
- Sidney J. Harris
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