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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

Jean de La Fontaine

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

Jean de La Fontaine

When fleeing the scene of temptation, do not leave a forwarding address.

Jeffrey R. Holland

We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about.

Jennifer Coolidge

Pain is a great teacher, but most of us would rather learn some other way.

Jennifer James

I try to avoid doing movies where I act with tennis balls. It’s ultimately incredibly tedious.

Jeremy Irons

The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

Jerry Brown

Save the fleeting minute; learn gracefully to dodge the bore.

William Osler

Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.

William Penn

We should only affect compassion, and carefully avoid having any.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Knowing where the trap is– that’s the first step in evading it.

Frank Herbert

Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape.

Frank Moore Colby

The reality is that we do not wash our own laundry – it just gets dirtier.

Frank Serpico

The illusion of purpose is to be avoided. The illuion of lack of purpose is to be avoided.

Frederick Lenz

The trick is simply to avoid jerks. There are lots of them out there. Most people are unhappy.

Frederick Lenz

Some will not look on suffering because it creates responsibility.

Fulton J. Sheen

…discussion is also a most excellent means to avoid -decision-

Fulton J. Sheen

That’s maybe the reason he does so many things so that he will not have to think .

Gabriel García Márquez

Who has not first tried to get out of a tough situation before truly dealing with it?

Mary O'Neill

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen: even less, the trouble I’ve successfully avoided.

Mason Cooley

A drunk doesn’t try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down.

Matthew McConaughey

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

Max Ehrmann

If possible, avoid being a bubble; for a bubble, even the gentlest touch is fatal.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long.

Michael Gungor

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