One often has need of one inferior to himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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What God does, He does well.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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