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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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