We ought to consider the end in everything.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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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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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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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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I bend but do not break.
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