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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Age Exercise Man Reason
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Avoid Destiny Himself Person Road
To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Art Bold Courage Live Trust
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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Charitable Goodness Gratitude Misery
You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Death Learning Open Return Trait Window
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Grace Talent
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Believe Desire Easy Fear
Better to suffer than to die.
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Better Death Suffering
We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Perception See
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dominate Ourselves Prudence
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Avoid Destiny Fate Life Road
Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Condition Present Request Satisfaction Worst
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Beggar Better Choice Emperor Live
Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Dangerous People Silence
A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Different Grand Stage Universe

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