In short, luck’s always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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