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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Dangerous Enemy Ignorance Wisdom Worth
But the shortest works are always the best.
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Best Short Work
Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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One Liner Secret Weight
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Fire Ice Lying Man Truth
A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Animal Capture Hare
Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Force Patience Rage Worth
Sensible people find nothing useless.
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One Liner People Sensible
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Happiness Poor
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cure Fear Mistake Repeat Shame
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Charitable Goodness Gratitude Misery
We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil One Liner
We are never content with our lot.
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Ourselves Satisfaction
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Cold Dreams Fake Man Reality Truth
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Friendship Life Shadow Sun
Cats know not how to pardon.
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Cat Forgiveness Known One Liner
A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Hold Love Prudent
Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Alone Appearance Judgement Live
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Burden Ourselves Secret
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Satisfaction Unfortunate
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Choice Different Leadership Path Road
Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Equality Ourselves
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Deal Fox Himself Thinking Trick
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Butcher Oneself Stick Trade
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Bringing Goodness Misfortune

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