Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENever sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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What God does, He does well.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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