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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil Instinct Ourselves
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Destiny Evil Goodness Right Wrong
By the work one knows the workman.
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Fame Identity Oneself Work
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Butcher Oneself Stick Trade
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Dangerous God Promise Remember
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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Condition Present Request Satisfaction Worst
No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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In this world we must help one another.
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