We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFrom a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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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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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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