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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Impossible Man Soul Vanish
O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Hold Love Prudent
Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Equality Ourselves
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Habit Slave
Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Force Patience Rage Worth
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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Anand Thakur
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Face Repair Ruin
In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Blame One Liner
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Death Man Motto Suffering
Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Condition Present Request Satisfaction Worst
A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Deliver Expectation Loud Mountain Noise
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Appearance Judgement Live
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Burden Ourselves Secret
Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Accomplishment Patience Perseverance Strength
In everything one must consider the end.
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