Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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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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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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I bend but do not break.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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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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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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