How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHabit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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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.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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