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But the shortest works are always the best.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Animal Kill Oneself Skin
In everything one must consider the end.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Appearance Fake Skin Terror
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Fire Ice Lying Man Truth
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Father Impossible World
But the shortest works are always the best.
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Best Short Work
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Distance Worth
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Death Himself Man Ready Wisdom
He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Himself Known Universe
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Father Fools Satisfaction World
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Anand Thakur
I bend, but I do not break.
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Break Flexible Myself
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Dangerous Enemy Friendship Preferance
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Man Secret Woman
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Charitable Goodness Gratitude Misery
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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Difficult Known Myself Regard Secret Woman
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Devil Pay Tribute
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Himself Listening Live
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Happiness Poor
It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Point Run Time
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Anand Thakur
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Desire Easy Fear
There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Flower Glory Leadership Road
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Friendship Life Shadow Sun
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Cost Flattery Learning Listening Live
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Habit Slave

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