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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.

Jean de La Fontaine

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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Dangerous Meet Yourself
One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Himself Inferior
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Himself Listening Live
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Argument Best Strong
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Dangerous God Promise Remember
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.
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Anand Thakur
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Distance Worth
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cure Fear Mistake Repeat Shame
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Best Himself Injury Man
In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Blame One Liner
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Better Depend King Powerful Prince
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Day Future Present Time
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Anand Thakur
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Brain Fashion Power Stupidity World
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Age Exercise Man Reason
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death Man Motto Suffering

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