Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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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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I bend but do not break.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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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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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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