Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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