Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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I bend but do not break.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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