Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEven 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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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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What God does, He does well.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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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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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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