Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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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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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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The worst time is always the present.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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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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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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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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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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