He knows the universe and does not know himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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In this world we must help one another.
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