People who make no noise are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFriendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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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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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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