People who make no noise are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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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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What God does, He does well.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to 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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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