He knows the universe and does not know himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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I bend and do not break.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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In this world we must help one another.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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