The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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I bend and do not break.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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