Still people are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA 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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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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