Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBlind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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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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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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