O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe are never content with our lot.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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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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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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I bend but do not break.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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