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Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, let Mahomet go to the mountain.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 1116. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_1116
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What is a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?Quotation recorded by James Wood · Wood, Dictionary of Quotations, ebook 48105, HTML paragraph 27210. Printed attribution: George Eliot. — https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48105
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In a calm sea every man is a pilot.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 187. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_187