Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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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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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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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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Still people are dangerous.
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