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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery 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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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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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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