Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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