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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEReligious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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