The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFoxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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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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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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In this world we must help one another.
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