Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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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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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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