Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEGentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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I bend but do not break.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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The sign brings customers.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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