We risk all in being too greedy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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I bend but do not break.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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