O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend and do not break.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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I bend and do not break.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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What God does, He does well.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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