The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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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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I bend and do not break.
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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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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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