O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne often has need of one inferior to himself.
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The sign brings customers.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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