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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.

Jean de La Fontaine

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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Condition Present Request Satisfaction Worst
But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Imitation Myself Opinion
He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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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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Believe Evil Instinct Ourselves

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