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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

Jean de La Fontaine

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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Cry Herself Love Tears Victory Virtue
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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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.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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We are never content with our lot.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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Call Fools Friendship Name Rare
Lies and literature have always been friends.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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