To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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I bend and do not break.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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