Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Still people are dangerous.
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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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