Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAll the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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