Lies and literature have always been friends.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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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 worst time is always the present.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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