Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENever sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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In this world we must help one another.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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