Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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I bend and do not break.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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