Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought to consider the end in everything.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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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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