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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.

Jean de La Fontaine

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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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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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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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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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