In everything one must consider the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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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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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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The worst time is always the present.
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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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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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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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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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