Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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The sign brings customers.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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