Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENever sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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