It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBeware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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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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I bend but do not break.
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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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In everything one must consider the end.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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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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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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