In everything we ought to look at the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo 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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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In this world we must help one another.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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The worst time is always the present.
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