Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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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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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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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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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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I bend but do not break.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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