Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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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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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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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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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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The worst time is always the present.
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