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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.

Jean de La Fontaine

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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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Act Certain Finding Wolf
In everything one must consider the end.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Best Reason Strong
Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Devil Harvest Religious
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Fools Pleasure
Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Animal Kill Oneself Skin
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Himself Listening Live
Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Blow Change Himself Way
The strongest passion is fear.
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Fear One Liner Passion Strong
A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Animal Capture Hare
An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Author Goodness Spoil
A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Deliver Expectation Loud Mountain Noise
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Cost Flattery Learning Listening Live
The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Conquer Heart Oneself Victory
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Father Fools Satisfaction World
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Friendship Life Shadow Sun
It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Point Run Time
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Fire Ice Lying Man Truth
O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Hold Love Prudent
Still people are dangerous.
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Dangerous One Liner People
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Distance Worth
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Best Himself Injury Man
We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Perception See
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Dangerous Meet Yourself
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Oneself Return Sin
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Friendship Love Rare True
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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