No path of flowers leads to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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I bend and do not break.
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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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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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The strongest passion is fear.
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