Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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