Lies and literature have always been friends.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOur destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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I bend and do not break.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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