It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood


Danish Proverb

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Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
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Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.
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Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.
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Nothing weights lighter than a promise.
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
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Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
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He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.
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One of these days, is none of these days.
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One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.
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No one can pray well, but those who live well.
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Short prayers reach heaven.
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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.
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Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
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Practice is the best master.
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