Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEStill people are dangerous.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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The sign brings customers.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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