A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.


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Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.
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Taxes grow without rain
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Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.
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In a restaurant choose a table near a waiter
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Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
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The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.
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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
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