It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBlind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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The sign brings customers.
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