Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMan is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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