He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne returns to the place one came from.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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