The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knows the universe and does not know himself.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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The sign brings customers.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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