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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

Jean de La Fontaine

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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Father Fools Satisfaction World
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Friendship Life Shadow Sun
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Perception See
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Man Secret Woman
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Avoid Destiny Ourselves Path
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Easy Trouble
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Butcher Oneself Stick Trade
But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death Man Motto Suffering
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
An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Author Goodness Spoil
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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