Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs more than a secret.
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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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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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