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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

Jean de La Fontaine

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One returns to the place one came from.
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Came Place Return
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Face Repair Ruin
Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Best Short Work
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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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
We are never content with our lot.
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Ourselves Satisfaction
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Habit Slave
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cure Fear Mistake Repeat Shame
I bend, but I do not break.
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Break Flexible Myself
The strongest passion is fear.
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Fear One Liner Passion Strong
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Anand Thakur
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Hear Stomach
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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Age Exercise Man Reason
Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Equality Ourselves
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring

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