But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPeople who make no noise are dangerous.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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