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 FONTAINEThe strongest passion is fear.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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I bend but do not break.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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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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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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What God does, He does well.
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