That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.
Original text (French)
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Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
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Hasten slowly, and without losing heart,
Put your work twenty times upon the anvil.
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