The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe risk all in being too greedy.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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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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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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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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