It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOur destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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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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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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