Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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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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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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In this world we must help one another.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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