From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe argument of the strongest is always the best.
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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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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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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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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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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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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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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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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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