Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESensible people find nothing useless.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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The worst time is always the present.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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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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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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