Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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