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One often has need of one inferior to himself.

Jean de La Fontaine

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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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I bend and do not break.
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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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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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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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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Believe Desire Easy Fear
Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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