We risk all in being too greedy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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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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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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The worst time is always the present.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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