One often has need of one inferior to himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESilent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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The worst time is always the present.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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