Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Every 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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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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