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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.

Jean de La Fontaine

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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Best Himself Injury Man
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Himself Listening Live
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Gentle Success Violence
Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Alone Appearance Judgement Live
The strongest passion is fear.
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Fear One Liner Passion Strong
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Day Future Present Time
Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Avoid Destiny Fate Life Road
Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Equality Ourselves
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Satisfaction Unfortunate
We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil One Liner
A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Deliver Expectation Loud Mountain Noise
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Destiny Evil Goodness Right Wrong
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Father Impossible World
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Rage Strength Time

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