Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPeople must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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I bend but do not break.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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