The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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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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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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