Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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I bend and do not break.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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