The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt 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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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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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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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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