Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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What God does, He does well.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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In this world we must help one another.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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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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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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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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Still people are dangerous.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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