Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut the shortest works are always the best.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Still people are dangerous.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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