But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENeither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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