The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEReligious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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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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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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