Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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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 bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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