One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBeware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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