Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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In this world we must help one another.
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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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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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