The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEGentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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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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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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