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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPeople who make no noise are dangerous.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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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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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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In this world we must help one another.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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