Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBlind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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I bend and do not break.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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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.
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