We ought to consider the end in everything.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEToo many expedients may spoil an affair.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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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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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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We are never content with our lot.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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