Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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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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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Still people are dangerous.
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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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