What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe strongest passion is fear.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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What God does, He does well.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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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 a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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