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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.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Greatness Small Suffering
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Friendship Love Rare True
Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Animal Mouth Tail Woman
To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Fear Haunt Hell Pleasure
The sign brings customers.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Dangerous Meet Yourself
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Believe Desire Easy Fear
In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Blame One Liner
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Grace Talent
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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Abuse Love People Power Prince
But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cure Fear Mistake Repeat Shame
He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Condition Present Request Satisfaction Worst

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