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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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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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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Imitation Myself Opinion
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Animal Mouth Tail Woman
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Cry Herself Love Tears Victory Virtue
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Friendship Love Rare True
I bend and do not break.
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Break Flexible One Liner
Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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