Nothing weighs more than a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIs not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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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.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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I bend and do not break.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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