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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

Religious contention is the devil's harvest.

We heed no instincts but our own.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

He knows the universe and does not know himself.

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

Beware, so long as you live, or judging men by their outwards appearance.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

Cats know not how to pardon.

One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

We become innocent when we are unfortunate.

O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.

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

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.

The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Nothing weighs more than a secret.

No path of flowers leads to glory.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

The sign brings customers.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
[Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).

Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.

In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.

If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.

The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

We ought to consider the end in everything.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

In this world we must help one another.

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?

The strongest passion is fear.

Better to suffer than to die.

Patience and time do more than force and rage.

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
[Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis
Que les imitateurs.]

He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

Gentleness succeeds better than violence.

Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.

Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.

If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

We risk all in being too greedy.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

By the work one knows the workman.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

We are never content with our lot.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Such gluttony second to none
Almost ended fatally
When a bone choked a wolf as he gulped what he ate

He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.

The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?

The worst time is always the present.

Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.

But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

Luck's always to blame.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

Still people are dangerous.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.

I bend, but I do not break.

Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.

Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.

Let fools the studious despise,
There's nothing lost by being wise.

Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.

But the shortest works are always the best.

Garde-toi, tant que tu vivras, De juger des gens sur la mine. Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.

You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.

What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.

No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

What God does, He does well.

Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.

Diversity, that is my motto.

People who make no noise are dangerous.