I bend but do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBlind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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