As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIs not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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I bend but do not break.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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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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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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