It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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In this world we must help one another.
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The sign brings customers.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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