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Respect yourself, but
do not be envious of
your accomplishments
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The dignity of
favorable beginnings
is lost on an ape
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Beautiful women
depend on the applause of
brute expectations
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Real friendship is
a great falsifier, as
obscure as nothing
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When desire gilds your
happiness, never contend
with integrity
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One must pass through the
peacock’s mirror to find the
limits of fashion
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Among gamblers and
fools, the burden of time slinks
like a mad serpent
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A reputation
is always built on the sweet
touch of bad manners
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Opportunity
is the art of affecting
a sage ignorance
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The Book of Haiku Revelation 