We risk all in being too greedy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne returns to the place one came from.
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What God does, He does well.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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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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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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