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

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In everything one must consider the end.

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

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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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

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

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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

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Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.

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We risk all in being too greedy.

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