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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne returns to the place one came from.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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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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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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I bend but do not break.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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