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depend on many seldom succeed.

_Guicciardini._

438.

Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner.
A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the
sword is in another's hand.[23] If thou desire to be held wise, be
so wise as to hold thy tongue.

_Quarles._

[23] Cf. 221; also Metastasio:

Voce dal fuggita
Poi richiamar non vale;
Non si trattien lo strale
Quando dall' arco usci.

[The word that once escapes the tongue cannot be
recalled; the arrow cannot be detained which has once
sped from the bow.]

439.

The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no
longer judged by their contemporaries.

_Goethe._

440.

When the man of a naturally good propensity has much wealth it
injures his advancement in wisdom; when a worthless man has much
wealth it increases his faults.

_Chinese._

441.

In youth a man is deluded by other ideas than those which delude him
in middle life, and again in his decay he embraces other ideas.

_Mahabharata._

442.

To consider, Is this man of our own or an alien? is a mark of
little-minded persons; but the whole earth is of kin to the
generous-hearted.[24]

_Panchatantra._

[24] Cf. Luke, X, 29, ff.

443.

Skill in advising others is easily attained by men; but to practise
righteousness themselves is what only a few can succeed in doing.

_Hitopadesa._

444.

Hast thou not perfect excellence, 'tis best
To keep thy tongue in silence, for 'tis this
Which shames a man; as lightness does attest
The nut is empty, nor of value is.

_Sa'di._

445.

Understand a man by his deeds and words; the impressions of others
lead to false judgment.

_Talmud._

446.

A man of feeble character resembles a reed that bends with every
gust of wind.

_Magha._

447.

There is