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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENeither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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The sign brings customers.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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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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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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