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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Appearance Judgement Live
Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Alone Appearance Judgement Live
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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Deliver Expectation Loud Mountain Noise
In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Blame One Liner
O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Hold Love Prudent
But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Beggar Better Choice Emperor Live
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Cold Dreams Fake Man Reality Truth
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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Call Fools Friendship Name Rare
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Easy Trouble
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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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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Bringing Goodness Misfortune
The strongest passion is fear.
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Fear One Liner Passion Strong
Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Devil Harvest Religious
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Satisfaction Unfortunate
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Race Start Time Win
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Avoid Destiny Fate Life Road
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Oneself Return Sin
Better to suffer than to die.
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Better Death Suffering
In everything we ought to look at the end.
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End Future Work
In everything one must consider the end.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Cost Flattery Learning Listening Live
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Fire Ice Lying Man Truth
Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil Instinct Ourselves

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