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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.

Jean de La Fontaine

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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Argument Best Strong
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Happiness Poor
The sign brings customers.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Help Oneself World
One returns to the place one came from.
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Came Place Return
Nothing 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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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Author Goodness Spoil
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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