The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry.


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Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
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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 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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Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
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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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Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
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