The strongest passion is fear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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I bend but do not break.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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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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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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