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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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In this world we must help one another.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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