Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone 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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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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