We heed no instincts but our own.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe argument of the strongest is always the best.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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The sign brings customers.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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