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

Jean de La Fontaine

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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
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
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Fools Pleasure
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Day Future Present Time
No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Flower Glory Hard Time Inspirational Path
Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Appearance Fake Skin Terror
Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Animal Kill Oneself Skin
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Decieve Increase Pleasure
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Grace Talent
If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Animal Care Cow Man Nature Work
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Fire Ice Lying Man Truth
Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Affair Spoil
Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Animal Mouth Tail Woman
He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Deep Discover Himself Human Spirituality Universe
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Bringing Goodness Misfortune
The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Best Reason Strong

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