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One returns to the place one came from.

Jean de La Fontaine

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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
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Impossible Man Soul Vanish
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Fools Fortune Luxury Reading Surround
Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Greatness Small Suffering
He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Himself Known Universe
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Dangerous Meet Yourself
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death Man Motto Suffering
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Imitation Myself Opinion
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Man Secret Woman
One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Himself Inferior
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Deal Fox Himself Thinking Trick
I bend but do not break.
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Break Flexible Myself
Better to suffer than to die.
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Better Death Suffering
People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Help Law Nature People
In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Blame One Liner
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Dangerous God Promise Remember

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