Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEYou’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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