A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFoxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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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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In this world we must help one another.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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