As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAll the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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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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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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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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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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I bend and do not break.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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