Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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