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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.

Jean de La Fontaine

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We are never content with our lot.
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Ourselves Satisfaction
Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Blow Change Himself Way
Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Fools Lost Wisdom
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Devil Pay Tribute
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Avoid Destiny Himself Person Road
I bend but do not break.
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Break Flexible Myself
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Choice Different Leadership Path Road
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Easy Trouble
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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Call Fools Friendship Name Rare
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.
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Future Possession Value Worth
But the shortest works are always the best.
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Best Short Work
Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Force Patience Rage Worth
To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Fear Haunt Hell Pleasure
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Cold Dreams Fake Man Reality Truth
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick

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