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Keep the golden mean between saying too much and too little
He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak
Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved
The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment
Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable
Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something to what he has heard
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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