He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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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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