Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPeople who make no noise are dangerous.
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The sign brings customers.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Still people are dangerous.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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