Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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