Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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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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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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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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