He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWomen keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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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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