Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast. - Jean de La Fontaine

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Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.

Jean de La Fontaine

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

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

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

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

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