Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA hungry stomach cannot hear.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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In this world we must help one another.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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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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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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