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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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What God does, He does well.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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