An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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What God does, He does well.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The sign brings customers.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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