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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
One often has need of one inferior to himself.
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
He knows the universe and does not know himself.
It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
People must help one another; it is nature's law.
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.