A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMen 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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We risk all in being too greedy.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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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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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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