In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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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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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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What God does, He does well.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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