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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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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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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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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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