A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELet us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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