It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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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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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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