Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFriendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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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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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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