In this world we must help one another.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELearn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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