Lies and literature have always been friends.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAnyone 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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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The sign brings customers.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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