One often has need of one inferior to himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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