Better to suffer than to die.
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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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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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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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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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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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