Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo path of flowers leads to glory.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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I bend and do not break.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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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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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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