Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMan is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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.
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I bend and do not break.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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