It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFriendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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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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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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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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The strongest passion is fear.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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