One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to suffer than to die.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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The worst time is always the present.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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