Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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I bend and do not break.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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