Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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