Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAnyone 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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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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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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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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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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Still people are dangerous.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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