A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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In this world we must help one another.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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