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“Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.”
William Shakespeare
“I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.”
William Shakespeare
“Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.”
William Shakespeare
“What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.”
William Shakespeare
“It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.”
William Shakespeare
“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.”
William Shakespeare
“The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.”
William Shakespeare
“O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.”
William Shakespeare
“Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.”
William Shakespeare
“Time and the hour run through the roughest day.”
William Shakespeare
“You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.”
Daisaku Ikeda
“A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.”
Daisaku Ikeda
“With love and patience, nothing is impossible.”
Daisaku Ikeda
“A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.”
Daisaku Ikeda
“The determination to win is the better part of winning.”
Daisaku Ikeda
“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“By the work one knows the workman.”
Jean de La Fontaine
