We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHow wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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The worst time is always the present.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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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 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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