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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.

Jean de La Fontaine

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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Best Short Work
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Impossible Man Soul Vanish
I bend and do not break.
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Break Flexible One Liner
No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Flower Glory Hard Time Inspirational Path
Better to suffer than to die.
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Better Death Suffering
The worst time is always the present.
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Present Time Worst
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Charitable Goodness Gratitude Misery
The strongest passion is fear.
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Fear One Liner Passion Strong
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Oneself Return Sin
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Rage Strength Time
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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Art Bold Courage Live Trust
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Appearance Judgement Live
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Easy Trouble
A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Hear Stomach

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