Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEExample is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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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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In everything one must consider the end.
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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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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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