People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHow wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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