Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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I bend and do not break.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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