Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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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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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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