Nothing weighs more than a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESadness flies away on the wings of time.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Anyone 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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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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