| Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit. -- François Duc De La Rochefoucauld |
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La Rochefoucauld, FrançoisEra:
1613 |
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| What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless. -- Ovid |
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OvidEra:
-43 |
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| Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. -- Sebastian Chamfort |
| Author:
Chamfort, SebastianEra:
1741 |
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| He who knows does not speak; He who speaks does not know. He who is truthful is not showy; He who is showy is not truthful. He who is virtuous does not dispute; He who disputes is not virtuous. He who is learned is not wise; He who is wise is not learned. Therefore the sage does not display his own merits. -- Lao-Tzu |
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Lao-TzuEra:
-604 |
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| The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself. -- François Duc De La Rochefoucauld |
| Author:
La Rochefoucauld, FrançoisEra:
1613 |
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| If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance. -- William S. Gilbert |
| Author:
Gilbert, William S.Era:
1540 |
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| Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell. -- The Dhammapada |
| Author:
Dhammapada, TheEra:
-300 |
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