We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEGentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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I bend and do not break.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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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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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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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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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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