Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe worst time is always the present.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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What God does, He does well.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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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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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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I bend and do not break.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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The worst time is always the present.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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