It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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I bend and do not break.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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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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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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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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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Our 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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The strongest passion is fear.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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