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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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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Avoid Destiny Fate Life Road
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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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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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Distance Worth
A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Flower Glory Hard Time Inspirational Path
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Friendship Love Rare True
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Greatness Small Suffering
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death Man Motto Suffering
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Greatness Happiness Ourselves Wealth
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.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Butcher Oneself Stick Trade

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