The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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We are never content with our lot.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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