Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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What God does, He does well.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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