Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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