"A hare is not caught with a drum."
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"Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]"
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"Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them."
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"It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point."
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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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"Diversity, that is my motto."
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"We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us."
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"Better a living beggar than a buried emperor."
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"All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths."
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"In short, luck's always to blame."
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"As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]"
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"It is impossible to please all the world and one's father."
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"There is no road of flowers leading to glory."
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"The strongest passion is fear."
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"To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start"
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"A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind."
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"We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give."
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"Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast."
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"The worst time is always the present."
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"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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