Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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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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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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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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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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