Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMan is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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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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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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To 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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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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I bend but do not break.
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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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