A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPeople must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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