Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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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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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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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