One returns to the place one came from.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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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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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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