Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs more than a secret.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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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I bend and do not break.
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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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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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