A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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