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.
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Anand Thakur
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.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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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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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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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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