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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Ignorance Learning Talk Value
Still people are dangerous.
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Dangerous One Liner People
But the shortest works are always the best.
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Best Short Work
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
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Innocence Unfortunate
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Fools Pleasure
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Dangerous Enemy Friendship Preferance
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Fools Lost Wisdom
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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Butcher Oneself Stick Trade
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring
One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Himself Inferior
A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Cheerful Health Inspirational Mindset
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
We heed no instincts but our own.
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Intuition Ourselves Spirituality Wisdom
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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