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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

Jean de La Fontaine

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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Author Goodness Spoil
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Age Exercise Man Reason
I bend, but I do not break.
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Break Flexible Myself
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Cry Herself Love Tears Victory Virtue
O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Hold Love Prudent
No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Flower Glory Hard Time Inspirational Path
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cure Fear Mistake Repeat Shame
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Oneself Return Sin
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Grace Talent
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Best Himself Injury Man
Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Dangerous People Silence
Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Intuition Ourselves Spirituality Wisdom
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Myself Opinion Slave
But the shortest works are always the best.
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Best Short Work

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