Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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The sign brings customers.
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I bend and do not break.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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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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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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In this world we must help one another.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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