I bend, but I do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne 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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The sign brings customers.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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In this world we must help one another.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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