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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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What God does, He does well.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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