Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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I bend and do not break.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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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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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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