Nothing weighs more than a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMen 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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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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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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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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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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