People who make no noise are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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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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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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