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Everyone to his taste.
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No rose without a thorn.
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He who can lick can bite.
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Skeptics are never deceived.
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The price spoils the pleasure.
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Gratitude is the heart's memory.
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You cannot clear fog with a fan.
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The game is not worth the candle.
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A white wall is the fool's paper.
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Love teaches even asses to dance.
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Only great men may have great faults.
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Nothing is so burdensome as a secret.
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A good meal ought to begin with hunger.
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A father is a banker provided by nature.
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One can go a long way after one is tired.
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We must learn from life how to suffer it.
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Between two stools one sits on the ground.
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What you can't get is just what suits you.
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Only he who does nothing makes no mistakes.
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Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.
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Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
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No one is expected to achieve the impossible.
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When a man begins to reason he ceases to feel.
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To want to forget something is to think of it.
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
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There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette.
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There's a pinch of the madman in every great man.
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With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris into a bottle.
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He who curbs his desires will always be rich enough.
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A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind.
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The worst is not always certain but it's very likely.
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There is one who kisses and the other who offers a cheek.
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It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom.
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Tell me whom you frequent and I will tell you who you are.
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Everything passes; everything wears out; everything breaks.
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When we cannot get what we love we must love what is within our reach.
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To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory.
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Everything passes; everything wears out; everything breaks.(Tout passe tout lasse tout casse.)
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The tulip is among flowers what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb the other in its tail.