Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWhat a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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