Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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We are never content with our lot.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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