Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted.

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Mots clés memory

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One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

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Mots clés happiness memory habit

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The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

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Mots clés letting-go

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The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.

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Mots clés simple-happiness

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Things have their time, even eminence bows to timeliness.

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Mots clés things seasons

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For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.

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Mots clés advice teaching joke

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There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.

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Mots clés chances luck skill

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Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.

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Mots clés truth deceit cunning

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The truths that matter most to us come always half spoken.

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Mots clés truth spoken

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True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... To find one real friend in a lifetime is a good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

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Mots clés friendship good

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