Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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What God does, He does well.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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The sign brings customers.
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I bend but do not break.
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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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In everything one must consider the end.
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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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