If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEReligious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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