Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn this world we must help one another.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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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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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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Still people are dangerous.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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