Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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The sign brings customers.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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