We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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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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In this world we must help one another.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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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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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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