Better to suffer than to die.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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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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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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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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The sign brings customers.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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I bend but do not break.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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What God does, He does well.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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