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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Rage Strength Time
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Anand Thakur
Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil Instinct Ourselves
To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Fear Haunt Hell Pleasure
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Desire Easy Fear
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Distance Worth
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Dangerous Meet Yourself
Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Greatness Small Suffering
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Greatness Happiness Ourselves Wealth
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Destiny Evil Goodness Right Wrong
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Argument Best Strong
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dominate Ourselves Prudence
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Anand Thakur
But the shortest works are always the best.
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Best Short Work
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Blind Fortune Pursue Rash

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