I bend but do not break.
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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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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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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