Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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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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The sign brings customers.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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