We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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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