Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAll the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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The sign brings customers.
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