Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENeither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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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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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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