Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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The sign brings customers.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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