By the work one knows the workman.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWhat 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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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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I bend and do not break.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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