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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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What God does, He does well.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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