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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Face Repair Ruin
Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Appearance Fake Skin Terror
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Fools Pleasure
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dominate Ourselves Prudence
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Happiness Poor
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Hear Stomach
What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Anand Thakur
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death Man Motto Suffering
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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Call Fools Friendship Name Rare
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Choice Different Leadership Path Road
I bend but do not break.
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Break Flexible Myself
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring
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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Deliver Expectation Loud Mountain Noise
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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