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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Jean de La Fontaine

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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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Believe Evil Instinct Ourselves
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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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Dangerous Meet Yourself
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Came Place Return
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Believe Desire Easy Fear
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Age Exercise Man Reason
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Call Fools Friendship Name Rare
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Butcher Oneself Stick Trade
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Cold Dreams Fake Man Reality Truth
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Innocence Unfortunate
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Avoid Destiny Ourselves Path
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Burden Ourselves Secret
Cats know not how to pardon.
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Cat Forgiveness Known One Liner
We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil One Liner
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Habit Slave
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Friendship Life Shadow Sun
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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Art Bold Courage Live Trust
There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Flower Glory Leadership Road
Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Animal Kill Oneself Skin
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Imitation Myself Opinion
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Face Repair Ruin
People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Dangerous Noise People
A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Animal Capture Hare
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Man Secret Woman
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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The sign brings customers.
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