Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThere is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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The sign brings customers.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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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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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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