Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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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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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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I bend but do not break.
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In this world we must help one another.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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