Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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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 win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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