Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe argument of the strongest is always the best.
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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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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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The worst time is always the present.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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