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• Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability. -- Horace
• Examine the contents, not the bottle. -- The Talmud
• Attend no auctions if thou hast no money. -- The Talmud
• He who adds not to his learning diminishes it. -- The Talmud
• The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath. The Talmud
• The sun sets without thy assistance. The Talmud
• The deeper the sorrow, the less tongue it has. TALMUD
• Government is a burden on the people.
• Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it.
  Argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force though shot by a child....