We risk all in being too greedy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAll roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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