The argument of the strongest is always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEExample is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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