Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOur destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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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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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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