He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESocrates, 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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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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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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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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The sign brings customers.
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