In everything one must consider the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend but do not break.
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I bend and do not break.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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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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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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What God does, He does well.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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