Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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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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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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