In everything one must consider the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEImitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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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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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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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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