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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.

Jean de La Fontaine

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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Dominate Ourselves Prudence
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 finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Conquer Heart Oneself Victory
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring
To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Fear Haunt Hell Pleasure
It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Point Run Time
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Distance Worth
Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Appearance Fake Skin Terror
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Oneself Return Sin
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Call Fools Friendship Name Rare
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
By the work one knows the workman.
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Fame Identity Oneself Work
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Dangerous Enemy Friendship Preferance
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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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
We risk all in being too greedy.
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Greedy One Liner Risk

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