Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPeople who make no noise are dangerous.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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