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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.


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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.



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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.



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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.



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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.



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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.



Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.



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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.



All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.



Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.



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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.





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This page presents the quote "But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.". Author of this quote is Jean de La Fontaine. This quote is about weakness, sin, return,.