All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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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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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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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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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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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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