The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

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Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

A learned man has always riches in himself.

A learned man has always riches in himself.

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.

Success tempts many to their ruin.

Success tempts many to their ruin.

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself...

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself...

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a...

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a...

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they...

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they...

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the...

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the...

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when...

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when...

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.