Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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