By the work one knows the workman.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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The worst time is always the present.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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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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I bend, but I do not break.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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