But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELet ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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