He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAn author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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I bend and do not break.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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In this world we must help one another.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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