The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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I bend but do not break.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The sign brings customers.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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What God does, He does well.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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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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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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