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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.

Jean de La Fontaine

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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Easy Trouble
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Cry Herself Love Tears Victory Virtue
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Difficult Known Myself Regard Secret Woman
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Innocence Unfortunate
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Desire Easy Fear
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Dangerous Enemy Ignorance Wisdom Worth
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Charitable Goodness Gratitude Misery
People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Help Law Nature People
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dominate Ourselves Prudence
There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Flower Glory Leadership Road
Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Appearance Fake Skin Terror
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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