Persuasion is better than force.
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The stronger the breeze the stronger the trees.Traditional
With the three means of punishment, words, thoughts and acts, ye shall not injure living things.
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Love cannot be commanded
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When you see an old man amiable, mild, equable, content, and good-humored, be sure that in his youth he has been just, generous, and forbearing. In his end he does not lament the past, nor dread the future he is like the evening of a fine day.
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All's grist that comes to the mill.
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An ape is ne'er so like an ape; As when he wears a doctor's cape.
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