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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Beggar Better Choice Emperor Live
People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Help Law Nature People
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Fire Ice Lying Man Truth
Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Equality Ourselves
We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Perception See
Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Finding One Liner Perspective Sensible
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Avoid Destiny Fate Life Road
An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Author Goodness Spoil
What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Greatness Happiness Ourselves Wealth
The strongest passion is fear.
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Fear One Liner Passion Strong
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Best Himself Injury Man
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Evil Journal Oneself Tribute
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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