"Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise."
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"Better to suffer than to die."
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"He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father."
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"The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]"
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"Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain."
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"One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself."
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"A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better."
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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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"Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]"
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"The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them."
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"Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost."
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"Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves."
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"Rather suffer than die is man's motto."
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"Un auteur ga" te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good."
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"Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great. [Fr., Helas! on voit que de tout temps Les Petits ont pati des sottises des grands.]"
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"La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best."
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"People must help one another; it is nature's law."
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"How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger."
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"Neither wealth or greatness render us happy."
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"But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns."
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