We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn everything we ought to look at the end.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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I bend and do not break.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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The worst time is always the present.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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