Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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The worst time is always the present.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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