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Lies and literature have always been friends.

Jean de La Fontaine

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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dominate Ourselves Prudence
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Myself Opinion Slave
The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Best Reason Strong
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Cost Flattery Learning Listening Live
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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Death Learning Open Return Trait Window
Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Force Patience Rage Worth
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Greatness Happiness Ourselves Wealth
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Impossible Man Soul Vanish
Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Difficult Known Myself Regard Secret Woman
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Happiness Poor
In everything we ought to look at the end.
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End Future Work
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Anand Thakur
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Death Himself Man Ready Wisdom
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Deal Fox Himself Thinking Trick
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Cat Gratitude Win

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