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For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it (Bible, Proverbs 8,11)
Be a servant of knowledge, if you really want to be free (Seneca)
General elements are generally inexact (William Montagu)
In life I cannot tell you how one dies; after death I do know, but I don't know how to let you know (on a leaflet which can be ascribed to Carmelo Greco)
Time may have a troubled labour, but it never miscarries (Lamennais)
Not only men forget the benefit they received, but they also hate those who benefitted them (La Rochefocauld)
Sometimes ingratitude arises from the impossibility to return a favour (Honorè de Balzac)
Optimism is a gift of God; pessimism is one of man's discoveries (Arab proverb)
The worst is not always certain (Spanish proverb)
-An unlucky man would be dried even if you put him in a pot full of lard. (African proverb)
-Bad luck doesn't take the initiative to come; it answers to man's call. (Chinese proverb)
-Fortune brings us a beautiful summer day, but also brings us mosquitoes. (German proverb)
-Bees sting the face of those whom are always weeping. (Chinese proverb)
-Those who are content with what they have meet no ill luck. (Chinese proverb)
-Fortune is not like a dress that you can put on or take off. (African proverb)
-Bad luck's last step is the first step to fortune. (Carlo Dossi)
-A steady man proves that fortune is powerless compared to him. (Niccolò Macchiavelli)
-Everyone is the artificer of his own fortune. (Sallustio)
-Fortune can take only what she gave us. (Italian proverb)
-Chi fida nel Loto no magna nè cruo nè coto. Those who confide in lotteries eat neither raw nor cooked. (Venetian proverb)
-If you've got some pennies, spend them in this world because in the abode of God and the blessed you can get anything without having to pay. (on a leaflet which can be ascribed to Carmelo Greco)
-If I had as many worlds as there are men on earth, I'd give one to each one of them. I would go around picking up stubs. I would be the happiest man in the world! (on a leaflet which can be ascribed to Carmelo Greco)

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