The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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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I bend and do not break.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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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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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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What God does, He does well.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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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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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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