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

Jean de La Fontaine

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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cure Fear Mistake Repeat Shame
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Easy Trouble
We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil One Liner
Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Animal Kill Oneself Skin
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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Call Fools Friendship Name Rare
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Appearance Judgement Live
Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Friendship Literature Lying
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death Man Motto Suffering
Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Devil Harvest Religious
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dominate Ourselves Prudence
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Grace Talent
Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Force Patience Rage Worth
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
Diversity, that is my motto.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Race Start Time Win
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Innocence Unfortunate
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Anand Thakur
A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Cheerful Health Inspirational Mindset
Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Blow Change Himself Way
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Man Secret Woman
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Impossible Man Soul Vanish
A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Animal Capture Hare
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Happiness Poor
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Devil Pay Tribute
In this world we must help one another.
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Help Oneself World
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Father Impossible World
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Better Depend King Powerful Prince

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