A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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The sign brings customers.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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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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