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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.

Jean de La Fontaine

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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Hear Stomach
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Fools Lost Wisdom
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Easy Trouble
Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Appearance Fake Skin Terror
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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Fools Fortune Luxury Reading Surround
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Fools Imitation Myself Opinion
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Devil Pay Tribute
An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Author Goodness Spoil
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Believe Evil Instinct Ourselves
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Butcher Oneself Stick Trade
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Brain Fashion Power Stupidity World
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Impossible Man Soul Vanish
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Desire Easy Fear
But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Anand Thakur
Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Devil Harvest Religious
One returns to the place one came from.
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Came Place Return
We are never content with our lot.
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Ourselves Satisfaction
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Believe Desire Easy Fear
But the shortest works are always the best.
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Best Short Work
Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Finding One Liner Perspective Sensible
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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Bringing Goodness Misfortune
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Death Himself Man Ready Wisdom
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Cold Dreams Fake Man Reality Truth
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Man Secret Woman
In everything we ought to look at the end.
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