From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn this world we must help one another.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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In this world we must help one another.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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