A hare is not caught with a drum.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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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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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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