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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.

Jean de La Fontaine

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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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