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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.

Jean de La Fontaine

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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Death Learning Open Return Trait Window
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Dangerous Meet Yourself
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Grace Talent
Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Alone Appearance Judgement Live
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Rage Strength Time
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Easy Trouble
Cats know not how to pardon.
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Cat Forgiveness Known One Liner
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Father Impossible World
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Brain Fashion Power Stupidity World
If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Animal Care Cow Man Nature Work
What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Anand Thakur
It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Point Run Time
We ought to consider the end in everything.
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End Future One Liner
To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Fear Haunt Hell Pleasure
Better to suffer than to die.
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Better Death Suffering
Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Difficult Known Myself Regard Secret Woman
A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Different Grand Stage Universe
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Impossible Man Soul Vanish
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Death Himself Man Ready Wisdom
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Himself Listening Live
Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Dangerous People Silence
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
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Myself Opinion Slave
One returns to the place one came from.
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Came Place Return
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Imitation Myself Opinion
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Anand Thakur
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Distance Worth

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