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Common sensé has the better of . wit

349. — Promptitude adds a value to the most trifling services.

350. — To get rid of an importunate man, ask him to lend you money.

351. — Moral thonghts are iron nails which penetrate the soûl, and cannot be drawn ont.

352. — A wise man does not tell what he does, but does nothing which may not be told. (42)

353. — One of those things which men forgive the least, is the contradiction of their opinions.

354. — We are almost always govemed by eveuts, we seldom govem them.

355. — To discem things weil we should neither be too near nor too far off.

356. — We must hâve complète self command in order to discuss without disputing.

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