Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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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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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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