In short, luck’s always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENeither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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I bend and do not break.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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