La clémence vaut mieux que la justice. - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

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If our friends do us a service, we think they owe it to us by their title of friend. We never think that they do not owe us their friendship.

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Pour exécuter de grandes choses, il faut vivre comme si on ne devait jamais mourir.

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It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.

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