To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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The sign brings customers.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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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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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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