Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing 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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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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I bend but do not break.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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