"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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"One returns to the place one came from."
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"From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing."
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"In everything one must consider the end."
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"One often has need of one inferior to himself."
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"By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never."
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"Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers."
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"We risk all in being too greedy."
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"People who make no noise are dangerous."
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"No favor can win gratitude from a cat."
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"The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself."
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"Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard."
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"The argument of the strongest is always the best."
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"Cats know not how to pardon."
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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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"No path of flowers leads to glory."
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"Gentleness succeeds better than violence."
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"Silent people are dangerous; others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux; Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]"
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"We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?"
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"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]"
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