But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Better to suffer than to die.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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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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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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