By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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I bend and do not break.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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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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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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