I bend and do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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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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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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