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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

Jean de La Fontaine

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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dominate Ourselves Prudence
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Cost Flattery Learning Listening Live
The strongest passion is fear.
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Fear One Liner Passion Strong
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Father Impossible World
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Race Start Time Win
He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Himself Known Universe
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Fire Ice Lying Man Truth
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Believe Desire Easy Fear
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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Condition Present Request Satisfaction Worst
We heed no instincts but our own.
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Intuition Ourselves Spirituality Wisdom
We risk all in being too greedy.
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Greedy One Liner Risk
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Hear Stomach
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
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Fools Pleasure
To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Fear Haunt Hell Pleasure

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