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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.

Jean de La Fontaine

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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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Bringing Goodness Misfortune
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Hear Stomach
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Ear Moderate Ourselves Ring
A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Deliver Expectation Loud Mountain Noise
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Dangerous Enemy Friendship Preferance
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Call Fools Friendship Name Rare
Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Blow Change Himself Way
I bend but do not break.
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Break Flexible Myself
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Father Fools Satisfaction World
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Man Secret Woman
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Abuse Love People Power Prince
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Father Impossible World
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Anand Thakur
We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Perception See
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Dangerous Fast Stick
Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Devil Harvest Religious

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