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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

Jean de La Fontaine

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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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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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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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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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What God does, He does well.
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I bend but do not break.
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Break Flexible Myself
Sensible people find nothing useless.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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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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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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