From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe worst time is always the present.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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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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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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