A man can never be perfect in a hundred years; but he may become corrupt in less than a day.
A man is happy when he has books, but happier still when he does not need them.
A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things.
Never has a man more need of his intelligence than when a fool asks him a question.
No matter how worthless a man may be, kill him and see how much he costs you.
I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.
It takes two days to learn everything about a man; to know animals you will need more time.
TThe best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse.
Twenty years a child; twenty years running wild; twenty years a mature man --and after that, praying.
As a child, is a man wrapped in his mother's womb; as an adult, in tradition; comes death, and he is wrapped in earth.
A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is underground.
Don't call a man honest just because he never had the chance to steal.
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