Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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By the work one knows the workman.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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I bend and do not break.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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