Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAlas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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I bend but do not break.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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I bend and do not break.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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