Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

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• A friendship that can end never really began.
• A god could hardly love and be wise.
• Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
• A rolling stone gathers no moss.
• As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
• Every one excels in something in which another fails.