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“If you will be a traveler, have always two bags very full. That is one of patience and another of money.”

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John Florio (1553-1625) was an Italian-born English poet, translator, and lexicographer. He arrived in England in the late 16th century and quickly became an active figure in the literary scene. Florio is known for his translations and contributions to the English language, particularly his translations of 'Ovid's Metamorphoses' and 'Virgil's Aeneid'. His dictionary, 'English and Italian Dictionary', was the first widely used bilingual English-Italian dictionary. more

“A man of the best parts and greatest learning, if he does not know the world by his own experience and observation, will be very absurd, and consequently very unwelcome in company. He may say very good things; but they will be probably so ill-timed, misplaced, or improperly addressed, that he had much better hold his tongue.”

Ifs Knows Men World May Doe Company Good Things Very Good Ill Tongue Absurd Observation Misplaced Unwelcome

Author:Lord Chesterfield

“He who always seeks more light the more he finds, and finds more the more he seeks, is one of the few happy mortals who take and give in every point of time. The tide and ebb of giving and receiving is the sum of human happiness, which he alone enjoys who always wishes to acquire new knowledge, and always finds it.”

Giving Humans Light Wish Enjoy Mortals Acquire Receiving Tides Giving And Receiving Human Happiness New Knowledge

Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater

“He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.”

Knows Men Needs May Known Ought Beast Brutes

Author:Pythagoras

“I know that in order for something to work for me it has to be extremely powerful.”

Knows Order Powerful

Author:Ronnie Coleman

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