An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEExample is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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The sign brings customers.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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