We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFriendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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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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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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