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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.

Jean de La Fontaine

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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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Believe Evil Instinct Ourselves
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Father Fools Satisfaction World
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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Fools Fortune Luxury Reading Surround
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Blind Fortune Pursue Rash
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Imitation Myself Opinion
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring
In everything we ought to look at the end.
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End Future Work
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Grace Talent
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dominate Ourselves Prudence
Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Force Patience Rage Worth
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Habit Slave
We heed no instincts but our own.
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Intuition Ourselves Spirituality Wisdom
The worst time is always the present.
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Present Time Worst
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
Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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What God does, He does well.
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God Himself Well

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