Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEReligious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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I bend but do not break.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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I bend and do not break.
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