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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

Jean de La Fontaine

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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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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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I bend and do not break.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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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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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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