O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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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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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Still people are dangerous.
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