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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.

Jean de La Fontaine

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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Greedy One Liner Risk
We ought to consider the end in everything.
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End Future One Liner
What God does, He does well.
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God Himself Well
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Desire Easy Fear
People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Help Law Nature People
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Devil Pay Tribute
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Avoid Destiny Himself Person Road
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
Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Best Himself Injury Man
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Friendship Love Rare True
Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Act Certain Finding Wolf
Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Force Patience Rage Worth
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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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
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Bringing Goodness Misfortune

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