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Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship’s compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea.
On the wings of Time grief flies away.
The ant is no lender; that is the least of her faults.
What is Art, monsieur, but Nature concentrated?
There's nothing useless to a man of sense.
By the work one knows the workman.
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own;
Believe no evil till the evil's done.
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
The opinion of the strongest is always the best.
