O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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I bend and do not break.
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What God does, He does well.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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In this world we must help one another.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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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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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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