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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Alone Appearance Judgement Live
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Anand Thakur
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Friendship Life Shadow Sun
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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Difficult Known Myself Regard Secret Woman
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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Death Learning Open Return Trait Window
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Himself Listening Live
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Fools Pleasure
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death Man Motto Suffering
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Beggar Better Choice Emperor Live
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Butcher Oneself Stick Trade
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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Future Possession Value Worth
Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Friendship Literature Lying
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Dangerous Enemy Ignorance Wisdom Worth
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Brain Fashion Power Stupidity World
Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Affair Spoil
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Bringing Goodness Misfortune

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