It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend and do not break.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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I bend and do not break.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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