The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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