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

Jean de La Fontaine

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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Fools Pleasure
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Dangerous Enemy Friendship Preferance
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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Anand Thakur
Diversity, that is my motto.
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Anand Thakur
Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Finding One Liner Perspective Sensible
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Fire Ice Lying Man Truth
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Age Exercise Man Reason
Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Devil Harvest Religious
You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Death Learning Open Return Trait Window
An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Author Goodness Spoil
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Destiny Evil Goodness Right Wrong
Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Alone Appearance Judgement Live
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Innocence Unfortunate
We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Perception See
We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil One Liner
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Satisfaction Unfortunate

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