Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone 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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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I bend but do not break.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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