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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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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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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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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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