In everything we ought to look at the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe argument of the strongest is always the best.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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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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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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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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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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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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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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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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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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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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