Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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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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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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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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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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I bend but do not break.
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