You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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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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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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I bend but do not break.
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What God does, He does well.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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