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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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