Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend and do not break.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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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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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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I bend but do not break.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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In this world we must help one another.
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