He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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What God does, He does well.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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