A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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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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But the shortest works are always the best.
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The worst time is always the present.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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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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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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