Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

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The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

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It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

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Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

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