Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOur destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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What God does, He does well.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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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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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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