Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFoxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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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.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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