Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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I bend but do not break.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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