Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs more than a secret.
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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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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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I bend but do not break.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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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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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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