Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMen 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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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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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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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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