Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn this world we must help one another.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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