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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Dangerous Enemy Ignorance Wisdom Worth
Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil Instinct Ourselves
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Devil Pay Tribute
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death Man Motto Suffering
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Avoid Destiny Fate Life Road
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Myself Opinion Slave
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Gentle Success Violence
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Oneself Return Sin
Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Alone Appearance Judgement Live
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Fools Fortune Luxury Reading Surround
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Dangerous God Promise Remember
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Charitable Goodness Gratitude Misery
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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Art Bold Courage Live Trust
O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Hold Love Prudent
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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Decieve Increase Pleasure

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