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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.

Jean de La Fontaine

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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Distance Worth
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Anand Thakur
Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Friendship Literature Lying
By the work one knows the workman.
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Fame Identity Oneself Work
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Dangerous God Promise Remember
I bend, but I do not break.
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Break Flexible Myself
The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Conquer Heart Oneself Victory
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Brain Fashion Power Stupidity World
In everything we ought to look at the end.
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End Future Work
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Gentle Success Violence
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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Charitable Goodness Gratitude Misery
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Fools Pleasure
Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Appearance Fake Skin Terror
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Rage Strength Time
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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Condition Present Request Satisfaction Worst

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