He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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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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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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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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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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