A hungry stomach cannot hear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought to consider the end in everything.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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I bend but do not break.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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We are never content with our lot.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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