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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without...  
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of ...  
A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicit...  
A great fortune is a great slavery.  
A great mind becomes a great fortune.  
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.  
A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.  
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinne...  
A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessa...  
A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.  
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.  
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor doe...  
A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.  
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no b...  
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.  
All art is but imitation of nature.   Art
All cruelty springs from weakness.  
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.  
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the in...  
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stor...  
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is w...  
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.  
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no r...  
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his ...  
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, befor...  
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.  
But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!  
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and self...  
Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably thi...  
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.  
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect y...  
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious ...  
Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.  
Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.  
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.  
Do everything as in the eye of another.  
Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.  
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.  
Every guilty person is his own hangman.  
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.  
Every reign must submit to a greater reign.  
Every sin is the result of a collaboration.  
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is n...  
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign tr...  
Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tom...  
For greed all nature is too little.  
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, i...  
Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - ...  
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.  
God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all th...  
Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.  
He has committed the crime who profits by it.  
He that does good to another does good also to himself.  
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.  
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.  
He who has great power should use it lightly.  
He who is brave is free.  
Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fad...  
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it ser...  
I don't consider myself bald, I'm just taller than my hair.  
I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives  
I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; ...  
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.  
I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see t...  
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.  
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorabl...   Business
If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though ...  
If you judge, investigate.  
If you wished to be loved, love.  
If you would judge, understand.  
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wis...  
In war there is no prize for runner-up.  
In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective t...  
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.  
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not ...  
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.  
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.  
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is beca...  
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, tha...  
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.  
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence...  
It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters.  
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer thi...  
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the secur...  
It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or ha...  
It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's b...  
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.  
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the ...  
Life is warfare.  
Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the act...  
Life, if well lived, is long enough.  
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.  
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.  
March to the battlefield, The foe is now before us; Each heart is Free...  
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show jus...  
Modesty forbids what the law does not.  
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.  
Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.  
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not b...  
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing ...  
No man was ever wise by chance.  
No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And...  
No one is laughable who laughs at himself.  
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.  
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.  
Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds ...  
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What m...  
Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.  
One crime has to be concealed by another.  
One must steer, not talk.  
One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understan...  
Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.  
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know ...  
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.  
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand ...  
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as fals...  
See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are wo...  
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that a...  
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.  
Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet ...  
Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.  
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard y...  
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.  
Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.  
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why...  
Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.  
That grief is light which can take counsel.  
That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.  
That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by r...  
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition t...  
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.  
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good f...  
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling agains...  
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.   Death
The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.  
The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men...  
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of s...  
The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.  
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things th...  
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.  
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.  
The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs i...  
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.  
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.  
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.  
The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man......  
The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.  
The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows p...   Art
The wish for healing has always been half of health.  
There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more ...  
There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will n...  
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in...  
There is no delight in owning anything unshared.  
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.  
There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselv...  
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service...  
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how t...  
Those who boast of their decent, brag on what they owe to others.  
Time discovers truth.  
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who...  
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.  
True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence ...  
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the st...  
War I abhor, and yet how sweet The sound along the marching street Of ...  
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagin...  
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of ...  
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and...  
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth ev...  
We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity hav...  
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without h...  
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have a...  
What is true belongs to me!  
What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for t...  
Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast i...  
Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own he...  
When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that...  
When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.  
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.  
When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.  
Where fear is, happiness is not.  
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindnes...  
While we are postponing, life speeds by.  
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one whic...  
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man t...  
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmnes...  
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.  
You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.