From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBlind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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