Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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I bend and do not break.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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