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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

Jean de La Fontaine

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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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I bend and do not break.
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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