To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENeither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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In this world we must help one another.
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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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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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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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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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I bend but do not break.
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I bend and do not break.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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