The reason of the strongest is always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFoxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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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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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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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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The sign brings customers.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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