There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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In this world we must help one another.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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