Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe risk all in being too greedy.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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In this world we must help one another.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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