In everything one must consider the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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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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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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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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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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