One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFriendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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In this world we must help one another.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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I bend and do not break.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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