Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHabit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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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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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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I bend but do not break.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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