We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy the work one knows the workman.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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