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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.

Jean de La Fontaine

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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Happiness Poor
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Fools Fortune Luxury Reading Surround
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Grace Talent
Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Blow Change Himself Way
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Fire Ice Lying Man Truth
Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Friendship Literature Lying
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Oneself Return Sin
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death Man Motto Suffering
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Dangerous God Promise Remember
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Avoid Destiny Ourselves Path
Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Dangerous People Silence
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Man Secret Woman
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Call Fools Friendship Name Rare
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Charitable Goodness Gratitude Misery
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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Condition Present Request Satisfaction Worst
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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Cold Dreams Fake Man Reality Truth
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Ignorance Learning Talk Value
The strongest passion is fear.
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Fear One Liner Passion Strong
The worst time is always the present.
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Present Time Worst
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cure Fear Mistake Repeat Shame
What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Anand Thakur
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Face Repair Ruin
Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Anand Thakur
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Satisfaction Unfortunate
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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Future Possession Value Worth
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Myself Opinion Slave
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Destiny Evil Goodness Right Wrong

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