I bend and do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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