The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knows the universe and does not know himself.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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I bend and do not break.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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The sign brings customers.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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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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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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