Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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