I bend and do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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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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The worst time is always the present.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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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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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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