To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELove cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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What God does, He does well.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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