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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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By the work one knows the workman.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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