In everything one must consider the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDeath never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Still people are dangerous.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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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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