Nothing weighs more than a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo 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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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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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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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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